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Rody Sher, editor-in-chief of ACI MENA, speaks on the second anniversary of ACI MENA in 2024 at the Catholic University in Erbil, Iraq, where the agency is based. This year marks three years since ACI MENA began its mssion to report on the Church and the lives of Christians in the Middle East. / Credit: ACI MENA

EWTN News Service in Middle East, Northern Africa Marks Three Years of Amplifying Voices of Christians, Trusted Source

Mar 26, 2025

A service of EWTN News, ACI MENA was established in 2022 and currently operates from the Catholic University in Erbil, a city in northern Iraq.

"God protected me and the Virgin Mary did not leave me": Survivor of Turkey Earthquake

Mar 1, 2023

Only a few hours after Bassel Habkouk, a young Lebanese Catholic and father of two, arrived for a visit in Turkey on Feb. 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country and nearby Syria.

The logo of the Association for Catholic Information in Middle East and North Africa (ACI Mena), EWTN's Arabic-language news agency based in Erbil in Iraq, launched on 25 March 2022. Credit: EWTN

EWTN Launches News Agency for Middle East and North Africa in Arabic Language

Mar 25, 2022

EWTN Global Catholic Network has launched a news agency that is to publish news content sourced from the Middle East and North Africa in Arabic language.

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