(AINA) -- On July 12 Iraqi president Abdul Latif Rashid repealed the decree recognizing the appointment of Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako as head of the Chaldean Catholic Church and which appointed him to the office of the waqf (وقف), the endowment which oversees all church property. The details of the events leading up to this action are exhaustively covered in this report by MEMRI.
Chicago (AINA) -- Prince Hazim Tahseen Bek, Yazidi prince in Iraq and around the world, and the head of the Yazidi Supreme Spiritual Council, met with Assyrians in Chicago on Friday, August 25. The Prince is on tour to visit the Yazidi communities in America. The largest community is in Lincoln, Nebraska with a population of 6,000. A smaller community of 300 lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
(AINA) -- The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has removed check-point restrictions on the Assyrian residents of the Nahla Valley, who are now free to travel across the check-points. The agreement comes after protests from the residents of Nahla and negotiations with the KRG (AINA 2023-07-18).
(AINA) -- Since 2020, the establishment of three checkpoints in the Nahla area in north Iraq has significantly disrupted the daily lives of the resident of Nahla, who are all Assyrians. The residents of Nahla frequently need to travel to various locations for essential activities such as transporting groceries or animal feed to support their agricultural endeavors.
(AINA) -- The Assyrian Studies Association (ASA), in partnership with Stanford University's Humanities Center, is organizing the 2023 ASA Symposium from August 11-13, 2023. This year's theme is Formative History, Challenges, and New Directions.
(AINA) -- Recently by initiative of the Assyria Foundation, the Netherlands, a delegation from Europe went to Iraq to discuss the alarming situation of the Assyrians with politicians, government officials, ministers and NGOs in Baghdad and Arbil.