Baghdad -- On Monday morning, October 20, 2025, Chaldean Patriarch Mar Louis Raphaël Sako welcomed Dr. Margarete Van Ess, head of the German Archaeological Mission in Najaf, along with Dr. Mohammed Hadi Badan, Director of the Najaf Antiquities and Heritage Inspectorate, and their accompanying delegation, at the Patriarchal Residence in Mansour, Baghdad (Baghdeda).
ARBO, Tur Abdin -- The Assyrian village of Arbo in Tur Abdin is getting its original Assyrian name back. The renaming comes after villagers submitted an official request to the municipality of Nsibin (Nusaybin) to change the name of their village from the imposed Turkish name, Tasköy, to the original Assyrian name, Arbo, states Assyrian member of the Turkish parliament George Aryo (mandatory...
Nineveh Plains is considered one of the most sensitive and complex regions in Iraq, both politically and in terms of security, due to the diversity of its ethnic and religious components -- including Chaldeans, Syriacs, Assyrians, Shabaks, Yezidis, Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, and Kakais -- in addition to its strategic geographic location between Mosul and the Kurdistan Region.
In a timely show of international solidarity, Archbishop Prof. Thomas Schirrmacher, President of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), and Matthias Böhning, ISHR Secretary General, met with His Eminence Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, at the Patriarchate in Damascus.
Hong Kong -- The Assyrian people maintain a significant global presence, not merely as passive residents but as active and influential contributors to the societies in which they live, transcending geography, language, and local customs.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday appointed Mark Savaya as Special Envoy to the Republic of Iraq. "I'm pleased to announce Mark Savaya will serve as Special Envoy to the Republic of Iraq. Mark's deep understanding of the Iraq-U.S. relationship, and his connections in the region, will help advance the interests of the American people," the US president wrote on Truth Social.