AINA News

•An Assyrian's Odyssey Through War and Exile
•Assyrian Doctor Running for Municipal Office in Canada
•From Cuneiform to Algorithm: Artificial Intelligence and the Assyrian Language
•The Ishtar Gate LEGO Blocks Project
•A Call for Protection for the Indigenous Assyrian People of Northern Iraq
•The Assyrian Identity Beyond Religious Labels
•The Systematic Intimidation of Assyrians in Their Homelands
•Assyria, Syria, and Syriac: An Interdisciplinary Reassessment
•Assyrian Genocide Monument Erected in the Netherlands
•Assyrian Organization Helps to Preserve Assyrian Culture
•Legal Precision: The Strategic Dilemma of the Assyrian Cause
•Rhode Island Recognizes Greek, Assyrian, Armenian Genocide
•The Future of the Assyrian Community in Turkey
•Assyrians Harmed By ISIS and Al-Nusrah Front Seek Legal Action
•Assyrians Commemorate 111th Anniversary of Turkish Genocide Against Them
•The Disparagement of Assyrians in Middle East Studies
•Poetry of Prominent Assyrian Nationalist Translated to English
•Muslim Men Fire Shots and Vandalize Christian Village in Syria
•Assyrian Flag Added to Skokie Flag Display
•Security Concerns for Assyrians in Syria, Iraq, and Turkey
•Iraq and the Betrayal of the Kurdish Administration and Iranian-Backed Parties
•A Call for Protection of the Assyrians in Iraq and Syria
•The U.S. Engagement in Iraq and Syria and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
•Regional Interference, Destabilization, and Their Impact on Iraq's Unity
•Systematic Infiltration and Marginalization of Assyrian Institutions in Northern Iraq
•The Religious Disenfranchisement of Assyrians in Iraq
•Assyrians in the Middle East: Land, Identity and the Politics of Erasure
•The Simmele Massacre: Commemoration Without Accountability
•A Memorial Built on Denial: The Moral Crime of Rewriting the Simmele Massacre
•Straddled Between Two Cultures
•Historical Roots: Assyrian Rights to Their Ancestral Lands
•On the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Assyrian Patriarch
•Interview With AINA's Founder on Its 30th Anniversary
•Efforts to Get Turkey to Recognize the Assyrian Genocide
•The Assyrian Heritage
•The Significance of Official Language Status of Assyrian in Syria
•Germany's Role in the Turkish Genocide of Assyrians, Greeks and Armenians
•Assyrians in Iraq Under Iranian Influence and Kurdish Violations
•The Opening of the Egyptian Museum and Its Meaning for the Future of Assyrians in Iraq
•The Universal Wisdom of Saint Isaac of Nineveh
•Erasing the Assyrian Homeland: A Silent Demographic War in North Iraq
•The Significance of Including St. Isaac of Nineveh in the Roman Martyrology
•Preserving the Assyrian Cultural Heritage in Turkey
•Assyrians Are Not a Minority
•911-609 BC: When Assyria Ruled the World
•Is Kurdish Protection of Assyrians in North Iraq a Myth?
•Interview With the Director of the Assyrian Genocide Research Center
•Assyrians After the Fall of Nineveh
•Visiting Assyrian Villages in Armenia
•Assyrian Genocide Researcher Professor David Gaunt Receives Award
•Assyrians and Aramaic
•The Journeys of an Assyrian-Chaldean
•The Assyrian Genocide At 110 Years
•Reflections on the Armenian Word 'Asori'
•Report Highlights Assyrian Fight for Their Future in Their Homelands
•Renowned Assyrian Surgeon Dies in Russia
•Video of Assyrian Nuns At Hockey Game Goes Viral
•Assyrian Parties in Syria Issue Joint Statement
•Meet Dr. Hanna Bit Murad, Renowned Linguist
•Pictures of Assyrian Villages in Turkey in 1912

An Assyrian's Odyssey Through War and Exile

By Abdulmesih BarAbraham

(AINA) -- In her new book, Claire Weibel Yacoub recounts the odyssey of an Assyrian in a historical novel about exile, war, and the unbroken will of a people. With Les tribulations de Paulus l'Assyrien (The Tribulations of Paulus the Assyrian), the French historian and specialist on the Assyro-Chaldean question, Claire Weibel Yacoub, presents a moving novel based on a true story.

Assyrian Doctor Running for Municipal Office in Canada

Hamilton, Ontario Canada (AINA) -- Dr. Nenos Damerchie, an Assyrian-Canadian chiropractor, small-business owner and longtime Hamilton resident, is running for Hamilton City Council in Ward 8 in the October 26, 2026 municipal election. Dr. Damerchie was born in Kuwait to an Assyrian family and came to Hamilton as a child.

The Ishtar Gate LEGO Blocks Project

(AINA) -- The Ishtar Gate, currently housed at the Pergamon Museum in Germany, was a monumental gate to the inner city of ancient Babylon. It was built circa 575 BC by King Nebuchadnezzar II and was dedicated to the goddess Ishtar. The gate is famous for its bright blue glazed bricks and its symbolic animal designs.

A Call for Protection for the Indigenous Assyrian People of Northern Iraq

By Namrood Shiba

(AINA) -- For decades, the world has heard repeated claims that northern Iraq is a region of stability, security, and coexistence. However, many Assyrians living in their ancestral homeland continue to express serious concerns about intimidation, restrictions on their freedoms, and growing pressures that threaten their ability to preserve their identity, voice, and presence in the land of their...

The Assyrian Identity Beyond Religious Labels

By Namrood Shiba

(AINA) -- Referring to Assyrians solely as "Christians" does not accurately represent an indigenous people with a distinct history, culture, language, and national identity. Christianity is an important part of Assyrian heritage and has played a significant role in Assyrian history, but it does not replace, define, or erase the Assyrian identity.


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