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Iran-backed Militia Seize Christian Neighborhoods in Baghdad

By NEC-SE on February 9, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

Iran-backed militias have seized homes, businesses and cultural sites, including churches belonging to Baghdad’s Christian communities, forcing individuals to resettle and forfeit all their belongings, according to members of the Christian members […]

Join us or die: the birth of Boko Haram

By NEC-SE on February 8, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

According to his supporters, Yusuf was one of thousands of Almajiri children – religious students who beg on the streets for a living. But by the early 2000s he had found a […]

The 3 problems that doomed Syria peace talks

By NEC-SE on February 7, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

On 28 SEP 15 NEC-SE asked: Who Speaks for Islam? Who Should Speak for Islam? In the article we stated:  “NES-SE is calling on large and influential Islamic nations in the world—in […]

European Parliament Designates ISIS Atrocities As Genocide

By NEC-SE on February 5, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

On 4 FEB 16 The European Parliament voted  to designate the atrocities committed by ISIS against religious and ethnic minorities, including Assyrians and Yazidiz, as genocide. The resolution passed by an overwhelming […]

Assyrian Expert: Support for Kurdish Self-Governance in Syria Will ‘Kill Christianity’

By NEC-SE on February 5, 2016 • ( 7 Comments )

NEC-SE CEO was interviewed by Breitbart about Syrian peace talks and partitioning, the KRG land desires, and the future of Assyrians (the root of Christianity) in Iraq and Syria. McGurk was quoted […]

Report: North Korea Preparing Imminent Ballistic Missile Launch

By NEC-SE on February 4, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

“Early on Wednesday, reports surfaced that North Korea had been moving around its mobile missile launcher, which was carrying a ballistic missile, according to Japanese network NHK. The mobile missile launcher station […]

Saudi Police Arrest Nine Americans Among 33 Terrorism Suspects

By NEC-SE on February 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Saudi media are reporting that nine Americans were among the 33 terror suspects arrested in the Kingdom over the past week, a week that ended with another suicide bomb attack on a […]

Boko Haram Jihadis Burn Children Alive, Slay Over 100 Villagers in Nigeria Massacre

By NEC-SE on February 1, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

In one of their most heinous massacres to date, militants from the radical Islamist Boko Haram group slaughtered over a hundred victims in a village in northeast Nigeria Saturday night, including a […]

Special Ops Commander Demands Pentagon Stop Exposing Operations

By NEC-SE on February 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

President Obama’s nominee to head U.S. Central Command recently penned a memo to Defense Secretary Ash Carter demanding that the Pentagon stop discussing the operations of elite American troops. Foreign Policy, which […]

Damascus Terror Attack Deals a Blow to Syria ‘Peace Talks’

By NEC-SE on February 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

On 28 SEP 15 NEC-SE posted the article: “NEC-SE asks: Who Speaks for Islam? Who Should Speak for Islam?” In the article we stated: “NES-SE is calling on large and influential Islamic nations […]

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