The dream of unity has long inspired the churches that trace their roots to the ancient Church of the East. Efforts to reach that goal continue, while Christians pray that, in God's time, full unity will one day be realized.
A Presbyterian church in Tehran is set to be seized, after residents in the church compound were ordered to leave their homes and worshippers told to find a different church. The confiscation of St Peter's Evangelical Church in Tehran and eviction of its residents, who belong to Iran's recognised Armenian and Assyrian Christian communities, comes after a state organisation moved to enforce a...
Brussels -- Christian leaders and human rights advocates warned members of the European Parliament that Iraq's ancient Christian communities remain under severe pressure despite the military defeat of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group and urged European institutions to take concrete steps to safeguard one of the world's oldest Christian populations.
For centuries, the craggy valleys and limestone ridges south of Duhok province, along the borders with Mosul, have discreetly preserved the remains of one of the most advanced engineering systems of antiquity. Soon these ancient landscapes will become accessible with the creation of a single protected destination.
In response to an appeals issued on Monday by residents of the Assyrian village of Keshkawa (AINA 2026-06-29), three Assyrian political parties in Nohadra (Duhok) released a joint statement condemning renewed encroachments on the village's lands and calling for the enforcement of court rulings that ordered an end to the violations.
A new study has found that Turkey's consulate in Jerusalem operates from a property owned not by Turkey, but by the Syriac church, a community whose members were among the victims of Ottoman-era massacres more than a century ago. The finding, published by the Jerusalem Center for Applied Policy, emerged just after the Israeli government recognized the Armenian genocide.