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Cancer treatment restores hope of mother in Syria

When Nancy, 37, was playfully struck in the abdomen by her son, no one imagined that an affectionate gesture would uncover such a harsh truth. “I felt an unbearable pain,” she recalls, her voice still trembling. Her husband rushed her to the hospital. An MRI showed a suspicious pelvic mass, and doctors called in a… Read more »

Armenia’s Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan placed under house arrest

Bagrat Galstanyan. X   YEREVAN – On June 4, 2026, Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeals replaced the pretrial detention of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan with house arrest, following nearly one year of incarceration for the country’s most outspoken clergyman. Galstanyan is the leader of the “Holy Struggle” movement, born from protests in 2024 in the northeastern province… Read more »

Five action items for Armenia’s next prime minister

Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. On Sunday, Armenian voters will choose their next government. csi.   As Armenian voters prepare to choose their next government on June 7, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) is calling on the country’s next prime minister to make the protection of Armenia’s Christian identity, institutions and people a defining priority. “The… Read more »

The continuing persecution of Christians in Sudan

Christians take part in worship in a church in South Kordofan. csi   The Sudanese people have always been religious. Besides traditional African religions, the people of present-day Sudan practiced a form of Judaism during the Nubian kingdom of Kush. In the book of Acts, chapter 8, we read of the conversion of the eunuch,… Read more »

Widowed mother struggles to feed her family

Mehat and her children found refuge in the Andulu camp. csi   Mehat and her family were forced to flee their village in Darfur when it came under attack by armed groups who repeatedly looted cattle from farms. When the local youth fought back, the situation escalated. A large retaliatory attack followed, burning the village… Read more »