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44,399,000

Unreached

Persecution
Rating

18

Stratus
Index

08

Security
Tier

02

Blackbox Work

  • Discipleship
  • Humanitarian Projects
  • Evangelism Resources

Supporting Since: December 2021

Country
Stats

Source:

Total Population

45,307,000

# of Population in Unreached

44,399,000

# of People Groups

35

# of Unreached People Groups

25

Largest Religion

Islam

% Christian Adherent

1.44%

% Evangelical

0.29%

% Evangelical Annual Growth Rate:

3.40%

People

Ethnic Groups: Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, other 5%

Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect), Syriac (Neo-Aramaic)

Literacy Rate: 86%

People

Economy

Oil-dependent Middle Eastern economy; COVID-19 disruption and domestic economy fragility post-US presence; poverty increases; currency devaluation leading to inflation; import-dependent for most sectors; evaluating fiscal and monetary restructuring

Economy

Country Profile:

Environment

Environmental Issues: government water control projects drained most of the inhabited marsh areas east of An Nasiriyah by drying up or diverting the feeder streams and rivers; a once sizable population of Marsh Arabs, who inhabited these areas for thousands of years, has been displaced; furthermore, the destruction of the natural habitat poses serious threats to the area’s wildlife populations; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil degradation (salination) and erosion; desertification; military and industrial infrastructure has released heavy metals and other hazardous substances into the air, soil, and groundwater; major sources of environmental damage are effluents from oil refineries, factory and sewage discharges into rivers, fertilizer and chemical contamination of the soil, and industrial air pollution in urban areas

Environment

The Blessing of Presence

A patient was relieved of an excruciating headache because of our clinic. She mentioned that if we had not been there she would have had to drive two hours to the hospital and wait a long time to be seen. She said that our presence in the community is a blessing and eagerly invited us to join her family for a meal.

Persecution Currently or Potentially Being Experienced:

Physical abuse / beatings

Persecution from family

Financial persecution

Verbal abuse

Blacklisted

Arrests

Imprisonment

Kidnappings

Bribes

Deportation

Destruction of property

Fines

Torture

Murder

Execution

How to Pray

  • Pray for evil and terror to be overcome by the power and love of Christ and His people.
  • Pray for the Gospel message to break through hearts hardened by longstanding divisions and intense rivalries.
  • Pray for believers to courageously stand firm in their faith despite persecution and terror.
  • Pray for peace to come to this nation riddled with high criminality, terrorism, violence, and governmental corruption.