Former USAID Official: Agency to End All Palestinian Projects

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on July 19

Cameron Cawthorne
January 17, 2019 4:36 PM

The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is ending all projects in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Jan. 31 following the decision to cut funding to the Palestinians, according to a former USAID official.

US Pledges $300 Million in Aid to Iraqi Christians

Jeffrey Cimmino
October 19, 2018 1:24 PM

Programs to rebuild Iraqi Christian communities destroyed by Islamic State are being implemented with the support of $300 million from the United States.

USAID Spends $89.7 Million Finding Jobs for 55 Afghan Women

'It is unclear whether the agency can deliver the opportunities it promised the women of Afghanistan'

Elizabeth Harrington
September 13, 2018 11:50 AM

A federal government program to promote gender equality in Afghanistan and help women find employment is costing taxpayers over $200 million but has only found jobs for 55 women.

USAID to Give Aid to Iraqi Christians, Yazidis Through Catholic Relief Services

Jeffrey Cimmino
June 20, 2018 12:48 PM

The United States Agency for International Development is providing coalitions led by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Heartland Alliance with $10 million to aid Christian and other minority communities in Iraq that suffered oppression and massacres under the Islamic State's rule.

Pence Demands USAID Break Through Bureaucratic Gridlock to Help Iraqi Christians, Yazidis

VP incensed over agency decisions to deny funds and ‘will not tolerate bureaucratic delays’

A group of Yazidis from Iraq carrying their arrive at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border

Susan Crabtree
June 9, 2018 5:00 AM

Incensed over bureaucratic attempts to thwart a direct White House executive order, Vice President Mike Pence is dispatching U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Mark Green to Iraq to ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars are going to help save Christian and Yazidi communities decimated by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Promised U.S. Aid Hasn’t Reached Persecuted Iraqi Christians

Jeffrey Cimmino
June 7, 2018 4:23 PM

Persecuted Iraqi Christians and other religious minorities have not received aid from the United States Agency for International Development after it was promised by Vice President Mike Pence last year.

USAID Shifts on Aid to Christians, Yazidis in Iraq

$150 million in aid for religious minorities will help them rebuild after ISIS genocide

Susan Crabtree
January 12, 2018 4:00 PM

USAID, responding to pressure late last year from Vice President Mike Pence, announced today that it is altering its policies in order to ensure that millions of dollars in U.S. aid appropriated by Congress reaches Iraqi religious minorities

100 Iranian Christians Waiting to Enter U.S. Could Be Sent Back to Iran This Week

Activists: Deportation threat amid IRGC crackdown on dissidents could be death sentence

Susan Crabtree
January 9, 2018 5:00 AM

U.S. government action could send 100 mostly Christian Iranians stranded in Vienna back to Iran this week, where their return during the harsh government crackdown on dissidents could target them for further persecution, human rights activists warn.

Pence Trying to Fast-Track U.S. Help to Iraqi Christians, Yazidis, Other Religious Minorities

Pence: 'Help is on the way'

Susan Crabtree
November 15, 2017 5:30 PM

Vice President Mike Pence is working to quickly fulfill an October pledge to bypass the United Nations and more effectively direct U.S. aid to help Christians, Yazidis, and other religious minorities in Iraq who are victims of genocide perpetuated by the Islamic State.

Reps Push Trump Admin to Bypass U.N. and Help Iraqi Christians, Yazidis Directly

Lawmakers warn of U.N. corruption and mismanagement, stress national security rationale for rebuilding communities

Susan Crabtree
October 18, 2017 4:30 PM

Four House members are pressing the top official of the U.S. Agency for International Development to bypass the United Nations and channel funds intended to help Christians and Yazidis in Iraq directly to Catholic charities and others helping them on the ground.