Tel Tamar, Syria -- Flooding in Hasakah province has become an urgent test of the response capabilities of local authorities and the Syrian Ministry of Disasters and Emergencies, as affected residents search for temporary shelter and call for long-term solutions to prevent recurring crises.
Armenia is the most homogenous country in the post-Soviet world, with 98% of its citizens identified as ethnic Armenians. Nevertheless, other ethnic groups live in the country, including Russians, Kurds, Greeks, Jews, Ukrainians and Assyrians. Assyrians are indigenous to Mesopotamia, where they have lived for thousands of years.
Chaldean Catholics were surprised this month, when the Eastern Catholic Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako saw his resignation accepted March 10 by Pope Leo XIV. Sako told Catholics that he had resigned "so that I could devote myself quietly to prayer, writing, and simple service.
Beirut -- As part of ongoing efforts to preserve the identity of younger generations and strengthen their connection to their cultural roots, renewed attention is being given to teaching the language of their ancestors -- the Syriac language.
The Indian Consulate in Arba'ilo (Erbil) hosted a meeting on Tuesday between Mar Awa III and the Consul General of the Republic of India, Brijesh Kumar, as part of efforts to strengthen dialogue and enhance joint cooperation. The meeting addressed the broader situation in the Middle East amid escalating security and humanitarian challenges.
A leading scholar from the University of Customs and Finance in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Professor Dr. Artur Margulov appeared recently on the Assyrian think tank Platform Turabdin to share his extensive research into the harrowing and often overlooked history of the Assyrian minority in Ukraine and the broader Soviet space.