Sections of the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek communities across the globe have greeted Benjamin Netanyahu's recent acknowledgment of the genocides of their peoples with jubilation. His words, spoken during an interview with Patrick Bet-David, were invested by sections of the Greek media especially, with the aura of long-sought vindication.
SEERI is not Syriac, but for those who follow the language, it is essentially linked to the language. The St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute -- SEERI -- at the Baker Hills in Kottayam, is the only institute in India studying and researching Syriac, an Eastern Aramaic language, developed in Edessa (southeastern Turkey).
Foreign Affairs Magazine this week published a lengthy article by Prof. Steven Simon of Dartmouth College and Adam Weinstein, Deputy Director of the Middle East Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, on recent developments in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime and Ahmad al-Sharaa's assumption of Syrian presidency. Simon and Weinstein note that U.S.
A 45-year-old disabled Assyrian man, Ashur Sarnaya, was killed in his home in the city of Lyon on Wednesday evening, French media reported. Ashur was live streaming on social media when someone entered his apartment and began stabbing him in the throat. In videos shared online from the stream, blood can be seen pouring from his throat as he struggles to breathe.
From 9-13 September 2025, Christians from across the region's different traditions -- Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean, Syriac Catholic and Syriac Orthodox -- are joining together for an extended celebration of the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
President Donald Trump's public defense of Christian identity and traditions is growing louder. He has declared unequivocally that his administration will not tolerate any targeting or marginalization of Christians, whether inside the United States or abroad.