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Assyrian Language Department Opens At Nohadra University
Assyrians After ISIS
The Vanishing Christians of Syria: A Crisis the World Cannot Ignore
Former Head of Assyrian Church in India Dies
Assyrian Organizations in Wiesbaden Hold Vigil to Honor Victims of Syria Church Bombing
The Genocide of Assyrian in the Khabur, Syria
Mysterious Rock-Cut Tomb Possibly Tied to Assyrian Dynasty
'Help Us Escape, We Can't Live Here,' Pleads Damascus Priest After Deadly Attack
Assyrian MPs Express Grave Concern Over Condition of Christians in Syria
A Personal Perspective on the Syria Church Bombing
Three Sisters Bring Assyrian Heritage to Life With Café
Assyrian Genocide Movie Screening Sparks Powerful Community Reflections
Assyrian Lawyer Oliver Sliwa Awarded By Global Peace Chain
Assyrian Archaeological Park in North Iraq: A Timeless Treasure Etched in Stone
Assyrian Shrine and Library Opened in North Iraq
Suicide Bombing of Damascus Church Shakes Faith in 'New Syria'
Illinois Approves Assyrian Genocide Curriculum for Statewide Implementation
Patriarch Sako: Regime Change Strategies Can Only Worsen the Situation
'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

Assyrian Language Department Opens At Nohadra University

The Ministry of Higher Education in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has approved the opening of a Syriac Language Department, in its Eastern dialect (Sureth), at the College of Education at Nohadra (Dohuk) University, starting from the current academic year.

Assyrians After ISIS

Starting modestly at the city of Ashur, the ancient Assyrian state became a regional power with the Old Assyrian Empire from the late 21th century to the mid 18th century BC. Later, Assyria became a huge political entity, which, during the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911-608 BC), reached from the Caucasus (the present-day Armenia) to the Nile (Egypt).

The Vanishing Christians of Syria: A Crisis the World Cannot Ignore

By Richard Ghazal

On June 22, 2025, a suicide bomber entered Saint Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus during a packed evening worship service and unleashed unimaginable carnage. After opening fire on the congregation, the attacker detonated an explosive vest, killing nearly 30 people and injuring more than 60.

Former Head of Assyrian Church in India Dies

Thrissur, India -- Mar Aprem Metropolitan, who had led the Assyrian Church of the East in India for five decades, died July 7 following a brief hospitalization for age-related ailments in Thrissur, Kerala. He was 85. The funeral and other rituals will be decided after consulting with the Church leaders in Iraq, the Church sources in Thrissur said.

Assyrian Organizations in Wiesbaden Hold Vigil to Honor Victims of Syria Church Bombing

Wiesbaden, Germany -- Members of the Syriac (Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian) community in Germany gathered on Saturday for a vigil in Wiesbaden's central square to honor the martyrs of the June 22 terrorist attack that targeted the Mar Elias Greek (Rûm) Orthodox Church in the Douileh neighborhood of Daramsuq (Damascus), Syria. The vigil, held at 6:00 p.m.

The Genocide of Assyrian in the Khabur, Syria

The Khabur Genocide remains one of the darkest and most tragic chapters in the recent history of the Syriac--Assyrian community. This extensive report, meticulously compiled by the Khabur Committee, seeks to document in comprehensive detail the events, experiences, and enduring impacts of the genocide perpetrated by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2015 that took place along the Khabur River Valley.


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