Introduction from CSI’s President: Introduction from CSI’s President: We are in the midst of “World War III fought piecemeal.” That’s what the late Pope Francis repeatedly told us since 2014. Back then, al-Qaeda and the Islamic State were perpetrating their reign of terror in Syria and Iraq, and the overthrow of the Ukrainian government set… Read more »
In Homs, Syrians celebrated in the streets with flags and fireworks when President Trump announced an end to U.S. sanctions on Syria on May 13, 2025. X post Statement on the end of U.S. sanctions on Syria by Dr. John Eibner, CSI’s International President Christian Solidarity International (CSI) welcomes President Trump’s long-overdue decision to lift… Read more »
Vicken Euljeckjian is serving a 20-year-sentence in a Baku jail. Libertas The wife of Armenian detainee in Azerbaijan Vicken Euljekjian has confirmed reports that he staged a two-week hunger strike demanding the right to speak to her on the telephone. Linda Euljekjian told an Armenian television channel that her husband was eventually permitted to… Read more »
In Damascus, Syrian Christians walk the same roads where they spent years longing to be free of Assad’s dictatorship, yet they watch violence against minorities under the new government and wonder if they will be attacked next. csi Christians in Syria are afraid, a Syrian church leader told CSI in an interview. Though they celebrated… Read more »
ENGLISH – scroll down for Arabic Sami Alkayial Since December 8, 2024, the day that Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took control of the Syrian capital Damascus, Western officials have been repeating the same line: “The new Syrian administration must protect Syrians of all religious and ethnic backgrounds, and establish… Read more »
Syrian government security forces heading to fight in Sahnaya on April 30, 2025. @sayed_ridha on X After a spurious audio clip purporting to show a Druze shaykh insulting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad went viral on social media, government-backed forces, including jihadist groups, attacked the Druze-majority towns of Jaramana and Sahnaya, on the outskirts of… Read more »
A video posted on social media shows the moment a truck rammed into the crowd. Screenshot/X In the early hours of April 21, a joyful crowd was descending a hill outside Billiri in Gombe State following an Easter Monday service. The procession to the top of the hill is a tradition that Christians in… Read more »
Aid is delivered to survivors of the attacks in Bokkos. ECCVN Addressing the media on April 8, a spokesman for the Plateau State chapter of the Coalition of Fulani Registered Organizations (COFRO) made a series of demands of the state government to restore peace to Plateau after weeks of violence. The statement, which came… Read more »
CSI provided emergency aid to victims of the Plateau State attacks in Nigeria. csi It was on the night of April 13 as Palm Sunday gave way to Holy Week that suspected Fulani militants burst into Zike community in Nigeria’s central Plateau State, opening fire on villagers. Within a few hours, at least 56 people… Read more »
Haider Ali following his acquittal, more than four years after his arrest aged 13. csi Haider Ali was just 13 years old when another Muslim falsely accused him of blasphemy in September 2020. He would spend the next three years of his life behind bars. On April 7, 2025, Haider was finally acquitted. Bail and… Read more »
