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.
How did a shell from a pearl oyster native to the Indo-Pacific make its way to the Land of Israel 2,600 years ago? A tiny, iridescent stamp seal found at the Tel Hadid archaeological site in central Israel gives some clues into far-flung trade networks and offers a unique glimpse into life in the years after the ancient Kingdom of Israel was overtaken by the Assyrian Empire 2,600 years ago,...
Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda of the Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Erbil in Iraq appealed to Chaldean Patriarch Paul III Nona to stand with Ankawa -- a district of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and home to the largest Christian community in the country -- and to be the voice of the people there before decision-makers so that its residents may regain their right to have a say in the...
Tur Abdin, Turkey -- During landscaping work in the vicinity of the village of Eshtrako (Turkish: Ortaca), inscriptions in Assyrian were discovered. The inscriptions are carved into stone and believed to belong to an ancient church, Gazete Sabro reports.
Kafno (or "famine" in the Syriac language) refers to the campaign of starvation imposed by Ottoman authorities on Mount Lebanon, the historic heartland of the Maronites and other Lebanese Christians, between 1915 and 1918. This deadly starvation campaign targeting Christians across Mount Lebanon occurred simultaneously with the Armenian, Greek and Assyrian genocides in Ottoman Turkey.