Tel Tammar, Syria -- Wednesday, 23 September 2026, marks 11 years since the execution of three Assyrian men by the Islamic State (ISIS) months after the militant group attacked the Assyrian villages along the Khabur River in northeastern Syria and abducted hundreds of residents (AINA 2015-10-08). The victims were Dr.
Chicago -- The Hellenic American Women's Council Great Lakes Chapter, in collaboration with Hellenic Link--Midwest, will present Greek-Australian historian and author Dr. Themistocles Kritikakos in a special Zoom program on Saturday, September 26, at 8 a.m. PST. Click here to register. Related: The Assyrian Genocide The program will introduce Dr.
Christian religious and political leaders in Iraq have urged Prime Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi to guarantee genuine political partnership for the community, enforce state authority, and improve security for the dwindling minority in the Mid-East country.
Medyad, Turkey -- A UNESCO field mission has visited a series of historic Assyrian churches and monasteries in Tur Abdin as part of ongoing work to assess the region's cultural heritage. The delegation was accompanied by Mor Timotheos Samuel Aktas, Metropolitan of Tur Abdin and Mor Gabriel Monastery, and Kuryakos Ergün, chairman of the Mor Gabriel Monastery Foundation.
The ancient Lydians are remembered for creating the world's first coins and for the legendary wealth of King Croesus. But at Sardis, their capital in western Türkiye, archaeologists are investigating a different achievement: a massive, 2,600-year-old defensive wall that may preserve evidence of architectural knowledge brought from ancient Mesopotamia.
On Sept. 9, Oakland University launched its new Chaldean Language and Medical Terminology Program in the Ambassador Rooms of the Oakland Center. The program is aimed at preserving the language while also ensuring that the dense Chaldean-speaking population in Southeast Michigan is accessible, in and out of the hospital room.