Mission Network News - Middle East

<p>Yemen (MNN) — The Houthis and an ongoing civil war may bring the most attention to Yemen on the global stage. However, Greg Kelley with <a href="https://www.mnnonline.org/mission_groups/unknown-nations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Unknown Nations</strong></spa...

<p>Iran (MNN) — Apologetics plays an important role in sharing the Gospel, especially in places like Iran, where religious and philosophical questions abound.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.mnnonline.org/mission_groups/transform-iran/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">...

<p>Gaza (MNN) — Israel continues its restrained assault on Rafah today <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-sends-tanks-into-rafah-raids-amid-gaza-wide-offensive-2024-05-29/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">after announcing</a></strong></spa...

<p>Israel (MNN) — These days, if you see images of Arabs and Jews in one place, you’ll often see conflict, shouting, or violence. It is rare to see a Star of David and a keffiyeh side-by-side in peace.</p> <p>But Israeli and Arab pastors are defying expectations to elevate the Gospel.</p> <p>Pastor Konstantin Tsivin is an assistant pastor with <a href=&...

<p>Iran (MNN) — State news IRNA in Iran announced the country’s <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/20/middleeast/ebrahim-raisi-dies-succession-what-is-next-explainer-mime-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">presidential election</span></strong>...

<p>Iran (MNN) — Iran deploys <a href="https://iranwire.com/en/women/128965-iran-deploys-drones-surveillance-to-enforce-hijab-rules/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>“spy drones”</strong></span></a> to target women not wearing hijabs in its latest...

<p>Lebanon (MNN) — <a href="https://www.mnnonline.org/mission_groups/arab-baptist-theological-seminary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS)</span></strong></a> is preparing to bid a fond farewell to its president, Elie Haddad...

<p>Palestine (MNN) — As the Israel-Hamas war nears the eight-month mark. Palestinians in the West Bank are feeling the strain.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>Reverend Dr. Jack Sara, the president of <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.mnnonline.org/mission_groups/bethlehem-bibl...

<p>Gaza (MNN) — <a href="https://www.mnnonline.org/news/icc-arrest-warrants-for-israeli-hamas-leaders-draw-criticism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Toothless arrest warrants</strong></span></a> sought by the International Criminal Court cause problems for...

<p>Iran (MNN) — You may have seen videos this week featuring public displays of mourning at President Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral. But not everyone in Iran mourns the passing of Raisi, also known as “The Butcher of Tehran.”</p> <div id="attachment_191519" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loadi...

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lebanon (MNN) – On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched an attack against Israel. The ensuing conflict has spilled out of Gaza and into </span><a href="https://www.mnnonline.org/news/icc-arrest-warrants-for-israeli-hamas-leaders-draw-criticism/"><b>courtrooms</b></a><span style="font-weight: 4...

<p>Lebanon (MNN) – On April 29, high winds spread a fire that razed a Syrian refugee camp to the ground in<strong> <a href="https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1411293/theres-nothing-left-syrian-refugee-camp-near-zahleh-destroyed-in-fire.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lebanon’s Bekaa region.</a></strong></p&gt...

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Palestine (MNN) — This week, an international conference in the West Bank is offering Christians a space to talk about biblical justice and mercy. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Organized by </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="htt...

<p>Iran (MNN) – With global attention shifted to Iran’s conflict with Israel, the Iranian government has again cracked down on women’s freedoms.</p> <h2><strong>Increasing Restrictions for Women</strong></h2> <p>In April Iran launched a new <a href="https://www.uscirf.gov/news-room/releases-statements/uscirf-calls-additional-sanct...

<p>Israel (MNN) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) is attempting to put Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the dock alongside Hamas leaders like Yahya Sinwar.</p> <p><strong>The ICC issued tandem arrest warrants on Monday for both Netanyahu and Sinwar. Arrest warrants were also issued for Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as well as Hamas lead...

<p>Iran (MNN) — <strong>Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi unexpectedly died Sunday in a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/helicopter-iran-raisi-crash-azerbaijan-3ef9fe5772fb06f6d9dcc371b115923f" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">helicopter crash</span></a>. The announcement yest...

<p>Lebanon (MNN) — Hezbollah <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2024/05/16/israel-strikes-lebanons-beqaa-after-hezbollahs-deepest-attack-into-israel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>takes aim</strong></span></a> at the Golan Heights in the la...

<p>Lebanon (MNN) — Hundreds of Syrian refugees opt to go back to Syria as <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/305192" target="_blank" rel="noopener">anti-refugee sentiment</a></strong></span> surges in Lebanon. <a href="https://www.arabnews....

<p>Lebanon (MNN) — Ongoing refugee camp raids in Lebanon have forced one Christian school to shut its doors.</p> <p>Spotlighted in an <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/05/lebanon-armed-forces-summarily-deporting-syrians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exte...

<p>Iran (MNN) — Bible translators are praising God for progress in a language of northern Iran. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.mnnonline.org/mission_groups/transform-iran/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transform Iran</a></strong></span>’s Lana Silk says the Gi...

<p>Yemen (MNN) — An unexpected pair poses a new threat to Yemen. The Iran-backed Houthis <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/04/houthis-team-up-feared-al-qaeda-branch-new-threat-yemen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are working with</a></strong&g...

<p>Iran (MNN) — Believers from a Muslim background face renewed pressure in Iran.</p> <p>“International Christian Concern <a href="https://articleeighteen.com/news/14764/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>just released an article</strong></span>&lt...

<p>Lebanon (MNN) — Europe and the Middle East play ping pong with Syrian refugees, turning boatloads away from Cyprus and back to Lebanon’s shores.</p> <p><a href="https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/304992-syrian-refugees-have-no-place-to-go-as-lebanon-cyprus-reject-them" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text...

<p>Israel (MNN) — Holocaust Remembrance Day was last week Monday, honoring the lives of six million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany. The anthem we often say from the Holocaust is: “Never again.”</p> <p><strong>But could “never again” happen again today?</strong></p> <div id="attachment_208358" style="width: 308p...

<p>Gaza (MNN) — Israeli forces <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-warns-israel-that-rafah-invasion-will-jeopardise-weapons-supply-assault-2024-05-09/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>have assembled</strong></span></a> on the outskirts of Ra...