Mindy, a former senior editor for WORLD Magazine, wrote the publication’s first cover story in 1986. She has covered wars in Syria, Afghanistan, Africa, and the Balkans and is author of They Say We Are Infidels: On the Run From ISIS With Persecuted Christians in the Middle East. Mindy resides in Asheville, N.C.
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Plus more Americans held in Turkey and unrest in Nicaragua
Turkish-linked forces are chasing Christians and Yazidis from their homes under the guise of fighting terrorists
A public accounting for ISIS war crimes is overdue
Free Burma Rangers ministers to Syrian children as militants plot to indoctrinate them
Plus a wedding, an election, a trial, and more international news and notes
Plus fighting in Afghanistan and post-fighting recoveries in Iraq
Mindy Belz | Andrew Brunson’s family and supporters work and pray for the release of the man they know to be innocent
Plus a shock victory in Iraq, delayed payback in India, and more international news and notes
Hundreds more injured as Israeli Defense Forces deploy snipers at security fence
Next week brings several landmark events in the Middle East
