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Iraq's Christian community has once again found itself targeted by the Iraqi Government and Iranian actors.

The Iraqi government has repealed a decree tha recognized Cardinal Sako as the head and representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

The sudden crisis around Russia threatens democratic norms and energy markets worldwide, only heightening the urgency of stabilizing Iraq, the world’s fifth-largest oil producer. Yet five months after Iraq’s elections, held in response to massive protests against ineffective governance, political factions remain dangerously deadlocked in efforts to form a new government. Shaping a more stable, peaceful Iraq—and responding to the 2019-2020 grassroots demands for democratic, accountable governance—will require a fuller inclusion of Iraq’s ethnic and religious minorities. Yet the prospe...

March 11, 2021 at 9:32 am After almost two decades of conflict, instability and bad government, a wave of excitement swept through Iraq last week with the long-awaited spectacle of hope and revival that was the four-day visit to the country by Pope Francis. Social media lit up with updates and images of the trip, following his every move and awed by his presence. The pontiff toured Iraq from Baghdad to Najaf; from the plains of Ur, where Abraham is said to have been born, to the ruined city of Mosul where Daesh had its stronghold only two years ago and threatened to behead the head of the C...

‘Endangered with extinction’: Christians remain at risk of 'eradication' in post-ISIS Iraq JavaScript in your web browser. Please Go ‘Endangered with extinction’: Christians remain at risk of 'eradication' in post-ISIS Iraq ‘Endangered with extinction’: Christians remain at risk of 'eradication' in post-ISIS Iraq A woman and her children attend an Easter ceremony in Saint John's Church (Mar Yohanna) in the nearly deserted predominantly Christian Iraqi town of Qaraqosh on April 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq. | Carl Court/Getty Images Christians in Iraqi territory once held by t...