IFP- The ISIS propaganda machine has issued announcements in Western Mosul [northern Iraq] and called Santa Claus the Red Devil fabricated by the West to alienate the youth from Islam, a source in Nineveh province of Iraq noted. ISIS stated that as Santa Claus distributes wine, he leads young people to vice, so it is a sin to imitate him, he said ...

AFP- Tehran might not seem like the most obvious pitstop for Santa Claus, but Iranians love the chintzy side of Christmas and it is also one of the safest places in the Middle East for Christians. The past month has seen shoppers flocking to the Armenian district of Somayeh -- the biggest Christian area in the city -- to pick up fake trees, and ...