A Syrian priest who escaped after being held captive by Islamic State has spoken of his great relief that relics from his monastery survived the militants' insurgency.
Almost six years since civil war broke out in Syria, and people are still coming to church for the first time and asking for Bibles of their own, a pastor in the country has said.
Yazidis have been failed by the UK, the government was told last week as dozens of MPs urged the Home Office to do more for those fleeing ISIS in Iraq.
"Help us." This was the plaintive cry of the Christian Assyrian people to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as they drew his attention to the campaign of genocide currently being undertaken against them by the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.
"It's very organised, there is no improvisation." That's how Father Patrick Desbois described the "very special" strategy being used by the Islamic State (ISIS) to wipe out Christianity in the areas it has occupied.
Syrian girls as young as 11 are being married off by their families in exchange for money, and children as young as seven recruited to fight in the war that has been raging since 2011, according to Christian persecution charity Open Doors.
Many Christians have been forced to flee Aleppo as the violent conflict in Syria continues. However, one pastor is convinced he must stay, and speaks of renewed faith and many new conversions.