On July 1, 2026, the halls of the Australian Parliament House in Canberra will host a critical geopolitical dialogue as Assyrian leaders, international diplomats, and policymakers convene for the Nineveh Plains Summit.
Beirut -- Marking the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost and the annual remembrance of the victims of the 1915 Sayfo Genocide, Assyrian Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan urged Assyrian Christians to remain steadfast in their faith, preserve their ecclesiastical heritage, and strengthen the next generation against the pressures of displacement and cultural assimilation.
Assyrian Empire Warfare Deportation and Imperial Roads belongs to the core record of world ancient and classical civilizations because it shows how communities organized power before modern states, corporations or international bodies existed. The Neo-Assyrian Empire built a militarized state that used roads, siegecraft, tribute, deportation and palace imagery to dominate West Asia.
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.
The head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq and the world, Patriarch Mar Paul III Nona, said Sunday he has no clear picture of Christian representation in the current Iraqi government, adding that the coming period would bring greater clarity on the matter.
North Iraq -- For the Assyrian people, the Nineveh Plain and the broader Nineveh Governate are not just geographically significant but deeply tied to their historical and cultural identity. Any shift in the region's demographic trends is viewed with great concern.