The Syriac Union Party today visited the office of the Suraya Democratic Party in Tel Tamr, Khabur River Valley, North and East Syria. The visiting delegation included members of the Syriac Union Party's Executive Committee Gabriel Shamoun and Simon Gerges. They were received by Madeleine Warda, Co-Chair of the Suraya Democratic Party, and several party members.
Iraq's parliamentary system reserves nine of its 329 seats for ethnic and religious minorities, ensuring representation for Christians, Yazidis, Shabak, Sabean-Mandaeans, and Feyli Kurds. Together with the constitutional requirement that at least 25 percent of seats be held by women, these quotas form the backbone of Iraq's inclusive electoral framework ahead of the November 2025 elections.
A detailed field report by the Syriac Strategic Research Centre (SSRC) has documented what it calls a "pattern of escalating violations" against Syria's Christian population since the fall of the authoritarian regime of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.
(CNA) -- In the Vatican Apostolic Library rests one of its most treasured possessions: the "Gospel of Qaraqosh," a richly illuminated Syriac manuscript dating back to the 13th century. Catalogued as "Vat. Syr. 559," it was penned in A.D. 1220 by monk Mubarak ibn Dawud al-Bartelli of the Monastery of Mar Mattai near Mosul.
An archbishop in Syria who survived being kidnapped by jihadis has warned the "Church in Syria is dying" as the number of Christians in the country continues to drop. Syriac Catholic Archbishop Jacques Mourad of Homs, Hama and Al-Nabek, said the country's "disastrous political and economic situation" was causing waves of migrations at the launch of Aid to the Church in Need's Religious Freedom in...
A documentary film on the Assyrian Genocide (also known as Sayfo, "the sword"), released recently in France, highlights the Assyrian tragedy during World War I. It is entitled Les Genocides D'Orient: La Tragédie Des Assyriens [Genocide in the Orient: The Tragedy of the Assyrians].