Christian religious leaders in Iraq responded with skepticism after Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi urged Christians living overseas to move back home, saying his government has not tackled the problems that pushed them out in the first place.
The 1934 Surname Law, enacted during the early years of the Republic, continues to stand as a barrier preventing non-Muslim and diverse communities in Turkey, particularly Christians, from officially registering family names in their native languages.
The patriarch of one of the oldest Christian Churches in the world, the Catholicos of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Awa III, will address the World Congress of Syriac Studies, organised next month by the Levant Institute and the Romanian Academy.
Yerevan -- The largest collection of cups from the Urartian period (between the 9th and 6th centuries BC) has been discovered at Karmir Blur, near the Armenian capital Yerevan. Scientists have uncovered depictions of lions, temples and cuneiform script on the bronze cups of the Urartian kings, as reported in a feature by News-Armenia.
Brussels -- Every two weeks, another language disappears from the world. Linguists have long warned that many minority languages face an uncertain future as globalization, migration, and assimilation accelerate.
Support for the recent protest in Nohadra (Duhok), Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), organized by Assyrian parties has not been limited to members of the Suraye, i.e. the Assyrian people, whether in the homeland or in the diaspora.