<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Assyrian International News Agency</title><link>http://www.aina.org/</link><description>News and Analysis of Assyrian and Assyrian Related Issues Worldwide.</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Iraqi President Meets Assyrian Patriarch</title><dc:date>06/02/2026</dc:date><description>Iraqi President Nizar Amedi and Patriarch Paulus III Nona.Baghdad -- President Nizar Amedi met at the Chaldean Patriarchate with His Beatitude Mar Paulus III Nona, Patriarch of the Chaldean Church in Iraq and worldwide.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/news/20260602164047.htm</link></item><item><title>Assyrian Organization Helps to Preserve Assyrian Culture</title><dc:date>06/02/2026</dc:date><description>(AINA) -- Josephine Zomayah Attisha is the founder of Community Helping All-Inclusively (CHAI ACS1), an organization founded to support Assyrian community development.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/news/20260602132309.htm</link></item><item><title>Chaldean Patriarch Calls for Prayer, Peace, and Support for Christians in the Middle East</title><dc:date>06/01/2026</dc:date><description>Chaldean Patriarch Paul III Nona.Patriarch Paul III Nona did not hide the weight of responsibility he felt after the fathers of the synod announced his election as patriarch of the Chaldean Church.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/news/20260601150325.htm</link></item><item><title>Hope for Cooperation Among Churches of Antiochene Heritage</title><dc:date>05/31/2026</dc:date><description>The leaders of the Assyrian churches of Antiochene tradition this week gathered in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The patriarchs, who attended the ordination ceremony of Mar Paulos III Nona as the new Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, held meetings on the sidelines of the ceremony.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/news/20260531130407.htm</link></item><item><title>Open Letter to the New Patriarch of the Chaldean Church</title><dc:date>05/31/2026</dc:date><description>Protest held in Ankawa, October 2015.To the new Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, we address this letter to you as representatives of the voice of the people in Iraq&apos;s largest Chaldean Catholic community, the steadfast city of Ankawa.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/news/20260531130120.htm</link></item><item><title>Bishop Paulos III Nona Enthroned As New Patriarch of the Chaldean Church</title><dc:date>05/30/2026</dc:date><description>Baghdad -- The Chaldean Catholic Church welcomed its new church hierarch during a grand spiritual ceremony in the Mar Yawsef Chaldean Cathedral in the Karada district of Baghdad on 29 May, known as &apos;Golden Friday,&apos; celebrating the first apostolic miracle.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/news/20260530151240.htm</link></item><item><title>Ancient Assyrian Seeds and Biblical Trade</title><dc:date>05/25/2026</dc:date><description>An aerial view of the Ein Hatzeva archaeological site south of the Dead Sea in an undated picture. A new study published in the journal Levant on April 27, 2026, suggests that the ancient fortress at the site was built by the biblical kingdom of Israel in the first half of the 8th century BC and not by the Assyrian empire as previously thought.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/ata/20260525191826.htm</link></item><item><title>Assyrians and Yezidis Fear Land Confiscation By Turkey&apos;s Solar Plants Project</title><dc:date>05/25/2026</dc:date><description>The number of renewable energy projects is increasing rapidly across Turkey. What is striking, however, is that a significant number of these projects in the country&apos;s southeast region are being planned and developed around Assyrian and Yezidi villages.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/news/20260525115939.htm</link></item><item><title>Kurdish Authorities Close Assyrian Cafe in North Iraq</title><dc:date>05/24/2026</dc:date><description>Ankawa, Iraq -- In yet another episode of violations, land seizures, injustice, and the cutting off of livelihoods through indirect means targeting the Assyrian people in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), the Governor of Erbil issued a decision to shut down the Montana Cafe in Ankawa, owned by an Assyrian, after he expelled a Kurdish young man fro</description><link>http://www.aina.org/news/20260524113934.htm</link></item><item><title>Assyrian Village in Turkey Prepares to Open New Cultural Center</title><dc:date>05/21/2026</dc:date><description>Badibe, Turkey -- The village of Badibe, one of the historic villages of the Tur Abdin region, is witnessing intensive preparations ahead of the opening of its new cultural center, scheduled to take place on 24 May in the presence of religious and social figures, as well as residents from across the region.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/news/20260521153336.htm</link></item><item><title>Legal Precision: The Strategic Dilemma of the Assyrian Cause</title><dc:date>05/21/2026</dc:date><description>(AINA) -- In the realm of International Law, the efficacy of the historical claims of transnational communities does not depend on the moral legitimacy of their narratives, but rather on their rigorous adaptation to prevailing normative categories.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/guesteds/20260521150007.htm</link></item><item><title>Patriarch Nona Rallies Chaldeans to Mission of Unity in Fearful World</title><dc:date>05/21/2026</dc:date><description>Patriarch of the Chaldeans of Baghdad, Paul III Nona.Milan -- The &quot;most important responsibility&quot; is to be &quot;the father of all&quot; and to &quot;maintain unity&quot; among bishops, priests, religious and the faithful, to whom &quot;strength&quot; must be imparted to face the many challenges of &quot;a world living in fear&quot;.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/news/20260521121751.htm</link></item><item><title>Syrian Elections Raise Concerns Over Exclusion of Assyrians</title><dc:date>05/21/2026</dc:date><description>The ongoing electoral process in Syria&apos;s Hasakah Governorate is taking on an intensely crisis-driven dimension, as the developments surrounding the sub-elections for the first session of the &quot;People&apos;s Assembly&quot; have turned into a tool for consolidating dominance and reproducing mechanisms of political exclusion in the post-Assad era.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/news/20260521121354.htm</link></item><item><title>Rhode Island Recognizes Greek, Assyrian, Armenian Genocide</title><dc:date>05/20/2026</dc:date><description>Senator Leonidas Raptakis of Rhode Island.(AINA) -- Every year, the Greek and Pontic communities of Rhode Island honor the victims of the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire between 1913 and 1923 This year, thanks to State Senator Lou Raptakis, the annual resolution includes more detailed language explicitly recognizing Assyrian fatalities.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/news/20260520142726.htm</link></item><item><title>When Did Humans Start Shaking Hands?</title><dc:date>05/20/2026</dc:date><description>Shalmaneser III greets Marduk-zakir-shumi, King of Babylon, surrounded by guards. This dais was carved in the 9th century BCE, and is on display at the Iraq Museum in Bagdad.</description><link>http://www.aina.org/ata/20260520123053.htm</link></item></channel></rss>