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'Each New Conflict' in Region 'Reopens Old Wounds,' Says Assyrian Archbishop in Iraq
Suicide Bombing At Damascus Church Kills 20
Scholars to Greece: Time To Recognize Assyrian Genocide
Assyrian Bishop Thabet: An Example in Iraq
Report on Assyrian Struggles in Iraq Submitted to UN Envoy
1,600-year-old Assyrian in Turkey Monastery Opens to Tourism Following Restoration
Over 450 Assyrian Children Celebrate First Holy Communion in Iraq
Monument of Assyrian Deities Found Beneath Ancient Palace in Iraq
Kurdish Party Calls on Turkey to Recognize Assyrian Genocide
Erasing Assyrians: The Kurdish Nationalist Project
Shots Fired At Assyrian Church in Syria
Restoration Brings Life Back to One of Oldest Christian Monuments in Syria
How Greed Threatens Middle East Christians
Patriarch Sako Meets Lebanese President, Calls for Peace and State Building
Assyrian Patriarch Speaks on Challenges Facing Christendom in the Age of Pope Leo XIV
Assyrians At the Margins of Recognition
Iraqi Christians: An Ancient People Driven Into Exile
Eastern Icons At Notre-Dame in Paris: A Step Toward Greater Unity?
Syrian Christians Demand Role in Writing New Constitution
International Forum Marks Greek Genocide Commemoration
Chaldean Patriarch: Leo XIV and the Eastern Churches Amid Migration, Dialogue and Synodality
Assyrian Women and Their Mothers
Pope Needs 'Good People' to Work With Eastern Churches, Says Chaldean Patriarch
Upholding Religious Freedom Abroad Advances National Interests
Meeting With Pope Leo XIV: A New Hope for the Eastern Churches
Pope Leo Urges Eastern Christians Not to 'Abandon' Their Homelands
Jubilee of Eastern Churches: Divine Liturgy in the East Syriac Rite
Two Empires, Two Wars, One Strategy: Revisiting Assyria and Rome
Monumental Relief of King Ashurbanipal Discovered in Nineveh
Conference on Arab Christians Opens in Jordan
Chaldean Community Foundation Opens $15M Center in West Bloomfield
In the Court of Nineveh, Knowledge Was Power
Acropolis Museum Presents Powerful Exhibition on Lost Assyrian Heritage
Ancient Burials, Artifacts Discovered At Assyria Site in Iraq
Over a Century After the 1915 Genocides, the World Must Embrace Pope Francis' Moral Clarity
Assyrian, Greek, Armenian Genocides Remembered
Australian Party Calls for Recognition of Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides
Assyrian Patriarch Hails Kurdistan As 'Model of Religious Tolerance and Unity'
For Iraqi Assyrians, Pope's Visit Was a Rare Moment of Hope
Greece Celebrates a National Hero Hero While Turkey Celebrates the Perpetrator of Genocide
Patriarchs of Antioch Call for Justice in the Ongoing Abduction Case of the Bishops of Aleppo
Australian City Council Unanimously Adopts Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocide Recognition Motion
Assyrians Returning Home to Southeastern Turkey After Peace Restored
U.S. Congressmen Visit Syria in First Trip Since Assad's Ouster
Could AI Solve the Enigmas of Ancient Christian Assyrian Manuscripts?
European Delegation Visits Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Victorian MPs Recognize Armenian, Assyrian, Greek Genocide
Assyrians in North Iraq Gather for Ecumenical Palm Sunday Procession
Secrets of Neo-Assyrian Writing Tablets Uncovered: Beeswax and Toxic Pigments
Perpetrator of the Assyrian Festival Attack in Iraq Identified
Syria's Islamist Government Claims Assyrian is an Arabic Language
The 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea
What assyrian scribes chose to keep: A digital dive into 1,000 manuscripts
Historic Armenian, Assyrian, Greek Genocide Commemoration At St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne
A Vibrant and Defiant Start to the Assyrian New Year in Iraq
UNAMI Strongly Condemns Attack on Assyrian in Iraq
Assailant of Assyrian Celebration Attack Affiliated With ISIS
Officials Demand Public Trial for Assyrian Festival Attacker
Axe Wielding Man Wounds Three Assyrians At New Year Parade in Iraq
Two Assyrians Injured in Axe Attack in New Year Celebration

'Each New Conflict' in Region 'Reopens Old Wounds,' Says Assyrian Archbishop in Iraq

By Gina Christian

A Chaldean archbishop told OSV News June 23 that he has been unable to contact his fellow bishop in Iran, following recent strikes by the U.S. and Israel on various sites in that nation. Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar M. Warda of Irbil, Iraq, said he has been attempting to call fellow Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Imad Khoshabeh of Tehran over the past few days, but without success.

Suicide Bombing At Damascus Church Kills 20

By William Christou

A suicide bombing by Islamic State (IS) targeting a church in Damascus has killed 20 people and wounded 52, Syrian authorities have said. The attack on Sunday night was the first major IS operation and the first suicide bombing in Syria since former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December and replaced by an Islamist-led government.

Scholars to Greece: Time To Recognize Assyrian Genocide

By Uzay Bulut

On June 13th and 14th, an international conference titled '1915-2025: 110 Years Since the Assyrian Genocide' was held in Athens. Many genocide scholars and historians spoke regarding the causes and consequences of the genocide, as well as how its denial by Turkey still affects Turkish politics, amongst other topics.

Assyrian Bishop Thabet: An Example in Iraq

By Kathryn Jean Lopez

"It's amazing to see people living the Christian faith -- and especially when they don't have to." That's what Chaldean Paul Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko of Alqosh in Iraq told me during an interview two years ago. A soft-spoken man, he knew why he and his people were following Christ. They were given an ultimatum by ISIS: Convert or die.

Report on Assyrian Struggles in Iraq Submitted to UN Envoy

By Assyrian Universal Alliance

In light of the upcoming country visit to Iraq by the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and Assyrian Universal Alliance have submitted a report on the current human rights situation facing the Assyrians in Northern Iraq, urging the Special Rapporteur to consider visiting the region.

1,600-year-old Assyrian in Turkey Monastery Opens to Tourism Following Restoration

The historic Mor Kiryakus Monastery, built 1,600 years ago by Syriac Christians in southeastern Türkiye's Batman province, has reopened to visitors following an extensive restoration effort. Located on the slopes of Mount Kıra near the village of Ayrancı in Beşiri district, the two-story monastery spans 2,500 square meters and dates back to the 5th century. Related: The Case of the St.


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