http://www.aina.org/News and Analysis of Assyrian and Assyrian Related Issues Worldwide.en-us05/16/2026Sr. Jincy Othottil poses for a photo in front of the Chaldean Syrian Higher Secondary School in Kerala, India, where she is the manager. Othottil in 1998 dedicated herself to the lost monastic life in the Chaldean Syrian Church in Kerala.http://www.aina.org/news/20260516103932.htm05/16/2026Paris -- Over the past few days, the French capital, Paris, has witnessed visits by the patriarchs of the Syriac Orthodox and Syriac Catholic Churches aimed at mobilizing French, European, and international support for Christians in Syria and the Middle East.http://www.aina.org/news/20260516103704.htm05/16/2026(AINA) -- Within Turkey's multilayered historical structure, the Assyrians constitute one of the most ancient peoples of Mesopotamia. They are not merely a religious community, but also one of the foundational elements carrying the cultural memory of Anatolian and Mesopotamian civilization.http://www.aina.org/news/20260516103327.htm05/14/2026Greek genocide survivors being loaded onto barges at Samsun, Black Sea.Commemoration invites reflection, but it also raises questions. What does it mean to remember a past that was not directly lived, but inherited? For many families, this reflection begins not in archives, but in fragments: stories half told, silences, and a sense of loss that washttp://www.aina.org/news/20260514144744.htm05/12/2026U.S. policy in the Middle East often favors short-term stability over lasting political relationships. The result is reliance on unreliable state actors and armed militia groups, which, over the years, become liabilities for Western interests.http://www.aina.org/news/20260512124013.htm05/10/2026Michigan is home to the world's largest Chaldean population. Sterling Heights filmmaker Weam Namou is keeping the culture and Aramaic language alive. ( Sarah Johnson)Chaldean American author and filmmaker Weam Namou is dedicated to helping her community heal through what she calls "not good or bad, just authentic" storytelling.http://www.aina.org/news/20260510111938.htm05/09/2026Thousands of artifacts belonging to the Bethnahrinian (Mesopotamian) civilization have been stolen, smuggled, and sold on black markets during the many years of wars and crises that Iraq has witnessed.http://www.aina.org/news/20260509133851.htm05/09/2026Michigan has officially recognized May as "Chaldean American Month" in Michigan, the first designation of its kind by any state in the nation. State Rep.http://www.aina.org/news/20260509133704.htm04/24/2026The Arabic letter "n" (inside red circle), signifying "Nasrani" (Christian), on an Assyrian home in Mosul.New York (AINA) -- Tony S. Kalogerakos, Esq.--Injury Lawyers announced today that its New York office is investigating potential civil claims on behalf of individuals and families harmed by ISIS and the Al-Nusrah Front, following a landmark fedehttp://www.aina.org/news/20260424161004.htm04/24/2026(AINA) -- "We have made a clean sweep of the Armenians and Assyrians of Azerbaijan" -- Those were the words of Djevdet Bey, the governor of Van Province in Ottoman Turkey, who on April 24, 1915 lead 20,000 Turkish soldiers and 10,000 Kurdish irregulars in the opening act of the genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks.http://www.aina.org/news/20260424123720.htm04/24/2026The Executive Council of the Kurdistan National Congress issued a statement on Friday, on the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which included, "In 1915, the Ottoman Empire and its allies committed a major genocide against the Christian peoples living in Mesopotamia and Anatolia.http://www.aina.org/news/20260424122952.htm04/24/2026The parliament of Sweden has hosted a remembrance event on the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide."Today in the Parliament we commemorated the Genocide 1915," MP Björn Söder said in a statement on social media.http://www.aina.org/news/20260424122648.htm04/23/2026Mosul, Iraq -- Some cities carry their history in their stones. Mosul is one of them -- a place where ancient Assyrian gates once rose beside Ottoman-era houses, where minarets have marked the skyline for centuries, and where the layered memory of civilization is written into every arch and façade.http://www.aina.org/news/20260423124856.htm04/23/2026Amnesty International released its 2026 annual report, The State of the World's Human Rights, assessing global, regional, and international developments across a wide range of human rights issues.http://www.aina.org/news/20260423124407.htm04/22/2026(AINA) -- Atrocity denial suffuses the bedrock of the academic field of modern Middle East studies. One of the most frequently cited works about modern Assyrians is a 1974 revisionist account of the 1933 massacres of Assyrians in Iraq.http://www.aina.org/news/20260422184349.htm