Washington -- Amid growing discussions in diplomatic circles about the potential reduction or withdrawal of US military forces from North and East Syria, Bassam Ishak -- a member of the Syrian Democratic Council's (SDC) Representation Office in Washington, D.C.
In a sunlit room in Erbil, 72-year-old Marina Shamuel threads golden patterns into deep blue fabric, repeating stitches her mother and grandmother taught her decades ago. "Each dress tells a story," she says, her hands moving with the confidence of a lifetime.
On the 11th anniversary of the mass displacement of Christians from Mosul and the towns of Nineveh Plains in the wake of the invasion by the Islamic State (ISIS), Chaldean Patriarch Mar Louis Raphael Sako reflected on the 2014 tragedy, describing it as "a back-breaking event" for Iraq's Christian community.
Stockholm -- Syriac politician from Sweden's Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna, KD) Aday Bethkinne announced his resignation from the party in Botkyrka Municipality, south of Stockholm, ending an eight-year political journey during which he successfully ran in two elections, earning broad voter support.
Brussels -- On the 11th anniversary of the Nineveh Plains Massacre, the European Syriac Union (ESU) issued a statement commemorating the victims of the brutal 2014 attacks by the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS) against the Chaldean--Syriac--Assyrian and Yezidi peoples and renewing its call for justice.
No matter where they live, the hearts of the Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian people remain tied to their ancestral homeland Beth Nahrain. For Ankawa-native Eva Sliwa and her husband, nostalgia drove them to embark on an extraordinary journey, cycling over 4,500 km from Germany to Beth Nahrin in a powerful testament to their roots.