Kirkuk's Provincial Council postponed Wednesday's vote to elect a new governor as political disagreements over the position continued, council member Raad Saleh Al-Jubouri told Shafaq News, while a Christian lawmaker called for the post to be assigned to his community for a limited period. Al-Jubouri, an Arab member of the council, explained that the session, initially scheduled for 4 p.m.
Chicago -- Assyrian National Broadcasting (ANB), an Assyrian media organization based in Iraq, has published a strongly worded criticism of the Assyrian National Council of Illinois (ANCI), raising serious concerns over the organization's decision to eliminate its longstanding electoral process and what it characterizes as an effort by the current leadership to consolidate control over an...
Bartella, Iraq -- Nineveh Provincial Council member Rabi Youssef warned that the predominantly Assyrian town of Bartella is facing attempts to alter its historic identity, pointing to unauthorized construction on agricultural land and growing pressure on the town's traditional character.
Ankara -- DEM Party MP George Aryo (Turkish surname Aslan) has voiced sharp criticism against what he described as "ongoing discrimination based on religion and belief in Turkey", particularly against Christian, Alevi and Yezidi communities. The Jerusalem MP stressed that constitutional and legal rights regarding freedom of belief and minority protections fail to translate effectively into reality.
At 91, Sami Mousa Barsoum still introduces himself with a sense of responsibility that has defined much of his life. He is the mukhtar, or community representative, of Urishlem's Assyrians. Born on 5 August 1935, near the Assyrian Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem's Old City, Barsoum has witnessed nearly a century of transformation in a city where generations of Christians have struggled to...
After safeguarding them for more than half a century, the Chaldean Antonian Order of St. Hormizd has returned a collection of historic manuscripts belonging to the former Chaldean Diocese of Akra in northern Iraq to its ecclesiastical authorities.