Persecution of Christians

A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) killed three people on April 17 outside the U.S. consulate in Erbil, in a relatively rare attack in the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
  

Iraq?s largest refinery in Baiji is not ?at risk? despite an offensive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group that has breached parts of the facility, the U.S. military?s top general said on April 16.

European Parliament vote that urged Turkey to use the centenary of the mass slaughter of Ottoman Armenians as an opportunity to ?recognize the Armenian genocide? showcases the enmity against Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said April 16.

?Such decisions are nothing but an expression of enmity against Turkey by abusing Armenians,? he said in the Kazakh capital of Astana. 

The European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution on Wednesday, which calls on Turkey to recognise the Armenian genocide.

The Parliament urged Armenia and Turkey to use the centenary of the Armenian genocide to renew diplomatic relations, open the border and improve their relations.

Main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has announced his party?s readiness to engage in a joint effort with other parties to issue a joint statement against the European Parliament?s recognition of the 1915 massacre of Ottoman Armenians as genocide.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has criticized both Pope Francis and the European Parliament for recognizing mass killings of Ottoman Armenians as genocide, saying that such moves will not help the reconciliation between Turks and Armenians.

Turkey has no reason to be defensive in the face of any motion to recognize the mass killing of Ottoman Armenians in World War I as "genocide," as it will never accept such "a crime and sin," President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said.

Turkey has no reason to react against any motion to recognize the mass killing of Ottoman Armenians in World War I as ?genocide,? as it will never accept ?a crime and sin? like genocide, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said, as the European Parliament is set to vote on a motion on the issue on April 15.

A recent gunfight that killed two people in Istanbul started when a drug cartel attacked a "shady" association, which has been accused by locals of recruiting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants, a Turkish daily has reported.

A group of Calgary imams is marking the first line of defense at the foot of the Rocky Mountains against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group's recruitment of Canadians as fighters.