After passing multiple checkpoints, we finally turned the cars towards devastated Christian villages. Once thriving, vibrant, green communities, today the churches, homes, and businesses were in ruins, having been decimated by the Islamic State (ISIS, or IS). Hardly a building stood intact. It was a war zone, and eerily empty. We traveled with five families […]
American veteran faces forced return to dangerous homeland that two-thirds of his fellow believers have fled. Source: US Prepares to Deport Hundreds of Iraqi Christians | News & Reporting | Christianity Today
The World Heritage Committee on Thursday publicized the list of 35 sites that it plans to consider inscribing, including Hebron. Source: Palestinians to claim Tomb of Patriarchs on UN World Heritage List – Arab-Israeli Conflict – Jerusalem Post
Inside Venezuela: The Socialist Haven on the Brink of Total Collapse Source: Inside Venezuela: The Socialist Haven on the Brink of Total Collapse – Breitbart
Gaza’s chronic electricity shortage is about to get dangerous after Israel OKs Abbas request to cut power. Source: Israel approves Palestinian move to pressure Hamas with electricity cuts – LA Times
The prisoners’ protest was not entirely successful for the jailed Fatah leader and convicted terrorist. And only one of his demands was met. But he is now a Palestinian national symbol Source: Ending strike after 40 days, Barghouti is now Abbas’s undisputed heir | The Times of Israel
On eve of Ramadan, attack stuns Egypt’s Copts. Source: Terrorists Kill 26 Christians on Church Bus Trip to Popular M… | Gleanings | ChristianityToday.com
Twenty-two people have been confirmed dead and around 50 injured after a terrorist attack inside Manchester Arena at the end of a teen concert on Monday night. Source: Manchester suicide bomber is ‘British-Libyan’ Salman Abedi | Daily Mail Online
Source: A Trump Doctrine for the Middle East? – The New York Times
