Mission Network News - Middle East

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Iran (MNN) — A new <a href="https://www.persecution.org/projects/poy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">report</span></strong></a> from International Christian Concern last month says Iran still has one of the...

<p>Iran (MNN) — An Iranian woman has an incredible testimony of God’s faithfulness in persecution. Bita Rezaei recently shared her story on <a href="https://www.sat7usa.org/stories/great-faith-amid-brutal-persecution-in-iran/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">SAT-7 P...

<p>Lebanon (MNN) — Fear is tangible in Lebanon as Hezbollah prepares for the next phase of war against Israel.</p> <p>“People are afraid; people are full of doom and gloom. The media is feeding us the possibilities of wars, bombs, and being stranded in the country; even schools have been talking about the possibility of going online in case things happen,” N...

<p>Iran (MNN) — Iran has one of the world’s fastest-growing Christian populations. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.persecution.org/2023/07/20/the-worlds-fastest-growing-church/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Some estimates</a></strong></span> point to a million...

<p>Middle East (MNN) – In the Middle East, Gospel workers are beginning to see a new breakthrough among a group known as Ishmaelites. The group traces their ancestry back to Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar.</p> <p>Genesis 17:20-21 records God’s words to Abraham about Ishmael’s future: “As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and...

<p>Yemen (MNN) — Yemen drips with conflict. The Houthi movement has made extremism and violence commonplace, and even in areas where there are ceasefires, tension weighs on local minds. Food security, illness, and bloodshed are far too common.</p> <p>The presence of Jesus is badly needed, and yet there are 34 million unreached people across 20 million people groups. Tha...

<p>Iraq (CAM) — Mina*, a 22-year-old Yazidi girl, was only recently reunited with her family in Iraq after being captured by the Islamic State years ago. She arrived at the tent camp, where her family now lives, in an ambulance, her hands and feet broken by the constant torture and beatings. She suffered from severe epilepsy and was bedridden for an entire year.</p> <p>...

<p>Syria (MNN) – As the Syrian civil war continues many women find their lives in shambles. A large number of young men have left the country or been killed. As a result widows and single women abound.</p> <p>One single woman named Vivian joined a Syrian dating app to find a husband. She met and married a man who beat and abused her after they were wed. Although she didn&rs...

<p>Lebanon (MNN) — Today is Lebanon’s Independence Day, marking <a href="https://www.the961.com/your-guide-to-an-unmissable-independence-day-in-lebanon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>80 years of liberation</strong></span></a> from the French mandate....

<p>Lebanon (MNN) — Things are heating up on the Israel-Lebanon border.</p> <p>Hezbollah and the Israeli army have exchanged tit-for-tat fire since the war began in Gaza six weeks ago. Now, the range and intensity of the fighting <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2023/11/2...

<p>Gaza Strip (MNN) — <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/without-post-war-plan-israel-risks-bloody-insurgency-gaza-2023-11-17/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Analysts warn</strong></span></a> that Israel risks a long, bloody insurg...

<p>Israel (MNN) — Could another “October 7th-type of attack” come from Hezbollah in the North?</p> <p>That’s the question on the minds of many Israelis, even as they adjust to life in wartime. Around <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/about-200000-israelis-internally-displaced-amid-ongoing-gaza-war-tensions-in-north/#:~:text=About%202...

<p>Gaza Strip (MNN) — A senior member of Israel’s government <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-minister-calls-voluntary-emigration-gazans-2023-11-14/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>calls on</strong></span></a> Gaza Arabs to &l...

<p>Israel/Gaza (MNN) — Israeli forces are at the gates of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/november-13-israel-hamas-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Al Shifa Hospital</span></strong></a>, Gaza City’s main hospital above Hamas headquar...

<p>Lebanon (MNN) — <span style="font-weight: 400;">The United Nations warns of a “potential mass exodus” of Palestinian refugees as fighting escalates in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah began attacking northern Israel in early October.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pierre Houssney o...

<p>Iran (MNN) — Religious freedom and women’s rights are under attack in the Persian-speaking world.</p> <p>Iran’s oppressive treatment of women continues despite months of protests. Afghanistan – ruled by the Taliban for over two years now – is barring women and girls from most areas of public life.</p> <p>SAT-7 recently surveyed Per...

<p>Palestine (MNN) — <span style="font-weight: 400;">Israel has agreed to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna124349" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">daily four-hour pauses</span></strong></a&gt...

<p>Israel/Gaza (MNN) – An Israeli military spokesman warns that Hamas leaders are <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/hamas-leaders-dead-men-walking-as-israel-claims-troops-are-fighting-in-heart-of-city-13003298" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>“dead men walking”</s...

<p>Lebanon (MNN) — It’s no secret that economic inflation has devastated so many aspects of Lebanese society. According to Camille Melki of <a href="https://www.mnnonline.org/mission_groups/heart-for-lebanon/"><strong>Heart For Lebanon</strong></a>, “The value of our national currency deteriorated to 1.5%.”</p> <p>One...

<p>Israel/Gaza (MNN) — Today, on the one-month anniversary of Hamas terrorists’ attack on Israel, the IDF has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/11/06/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">surrounded Gaza City</span></strong>&l...

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Middle East (MNN) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-3-2023-94d5d0b58bc10a14be6ac191060e47e1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Hassan Nasrallah</span></...

<p>Israel (MNN) — The United States and Arab neighbors <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-2-2023-6a398d4aeba979aef24960efc31eb772" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>intensify calls</strong></span></a> for a ceasefire as Israeli ta...

<p>Israel (MNN) — On Tuesday, Houthi rebels in <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemens-houthis-enter-mideast-fray-hardening-spillover-fears-2023-10-31/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yemen</span></strong></a> claimed missile and drone stri...

<p>Holy Land (MNN) — As the fourth week of war begins, SAT-7 ARABIC’s Viewer Support team <a href="https://www.sat7usa.org/stories/we-believe-in-the-power-of-prayer-sat-7-launches-campaign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>offers prayer and comfort</strong></spa...

<p>Israel/Gaza (MNN) — Israel <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-10-30-2023-d33ac65b49723b9715ebf47041ac5f66" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>continues ground strikes</strong></span></a> in Gaza after starting the war’s &l...