Tur Abdin, Turkey -- The First Administrative Court in Sirnak has issued a decision suspending the enforcement of an administrative fine and closure order imposed on the annex of the historic Assyrian Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary in Azakh, known in Assyrian as Beth Zabday (Turkish mandatory name: Idil).
Rami Nouri has been elected Deputy Speaker of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament in Iraq, representing the Christian quota, after securing 52 votes. He is the first Christian to hold the position in the parliament's history.
Mosul, Iraq -- Iraq's Nineveh Governorate has named a street next to the Syriac Orthodox Cathedral of Mor Ephrem in Mosul after Father Bulos Iskandar, honoring his memory and his service to the church and Christian community.
Military deployments in the areas surrounding Makhmur Camp in Iraq's Nineveh Province have undergone changes following the announced withdrawal of Kurdistan Workers' Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê, PKK) fighters from ten positions they had been using in the area. Control of the positions has since been transferred to the Iraqi army and Peshmerga forces.
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of State for Components Affairs Aydin Maruf said Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, that efforts were underway to establish a Assyrian school for the Christian community in Sulaimani, while also calling for greater support for existing Turkmen-language schools in the city and Kifri district.
Iraqi President Nizar Amedi received the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, His Beatitude Ignatius Joseph III Younan, and his accompanying delegation at the Peace Palace in Baghdad on Sunday, 1 November 2026. According to a statement from the Iraqi Presidency, the President emphasised that Iraq's diversity had enriched its social, cultural and national identity.