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Israel: Watching Middle East and North Africa with concern.

18 May 2011
The Golan Heights are watching the protest wave and wonder what it could mean for Israel. Recently 1,000 Syrian Druze living under Israeli occupation took to the streets in Boqata in support of President Bashar al-Assad.…

INSIGHT ARTICLE: Syria - Escalating unrest

18 May 2011
* EU has announced an arms embargo on Syria and sanctions against 13 officials while turning a blind eye towards President Bashar al-Assad’s role in overseeing violence against his people. *The UN demanded humanitarian access to…

China: 4th week of Church arrests

11 May 2011
A Chinese ‘illegal’ church refused to follow government orders not to meet in a public square. (See Prayer Alert 16-2011). This week over 31 of its members were arrested, and again, reporters were blocked from the…

Syria: Christians fear potential persecution

11 May 2011
Persecuted Egyptian Maher El-Gohary and his daughter Dina fled to Syria but fearing Islamic opposition to converts in Syria fled to France. Last year in Syria pressure forced believers to leave homes and six Christian meeting…