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Last week, a 5-year-old boy graced the screens of millions of televisions around the world. His name: Omran Daqneesh. He was pulled from the smoldering rubble of a building that had once been a home. We watched as he sat quietly in the back of an ambulance...

In a move many Christian groups are calling a “victory,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday declared that the Islamic State terrorist group is committing genocide against Christians and other ancient minority groups in the Middle East.
“My purpose in appearing before you today is to assert that in my judgement, Daesh [Arabic acronym for IS] is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims,” Kerry said during a press...

Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday said members of the Islamic State militant group have committed genocide against Christians and other ancient minority groups in the Middle East, though the classification is unlikely to change U.S. policy.
Christians; Yezidis, a Kurdish-speaking people who live largely in northern Iraq; and Shia Muslims have fallen victim to ISIS or “Daesh” persecution since militants began seizing control of Syria and Iraq in 2014, Kerry declared....

Iraq’s beleaguered Christian community is frustrated and confused by the seemingly semantic debate taking place in Washington, where the Obama administration is trying to determine if their plight adds up to genocide.
The U.S. is believed to be close to a decision on whether the atrocities ISIS has committed against Christians and other religious minorities amount to the legally loaded term. But on the ground in Iraq, where death and displacement has seen the Christian...