http://www.aina.org/News and Analysis of Assyrian and Assyrian Related Issues Worldwide.en-us06/30/2026For centuries, the craggy valleys and limestone ridges south of Duhok province, along the borders with Mosul, have discreetly preserved the remains of one of the most advanced engineering systems of antiquity.http://www.aina.org/news/20260630135542.htm06/30/2026In response to an appeals issued on Monday by residents of the Assyrian village of Keshkawa (AINA 2026-06-29), three Assyrian political parties in Nohadra (Duhok) released a joint statement condemning renewed encroachments on the village's lands and calling for the enforcement of court rulings that ordered an end to the violations.http://www.aina.org/news/20260630103218.htm06/29/2026A new study has found that Turkey's consulate in Jerusalem operates from a property owned not by Turkey, but by the Syriac church, a community whose members were among the victims of Ottoman-era massacres more than a century ago.http://www.aina.org/news/20260629153926.htm06/29/2026Archaeologists in Iraq's Nineveh province have announced the discovery of a rare Assyrian stele dating to the reign of King Ashurbanipal, shedding new light on the ancient capital's urban achievements nearly 2,600 years ago.http://www.aina.org/news/20260629140703.htm06/29/2026The Assyrian village of Kashkawa in north Iraq. ( Mesopotamia Heritage)Residents of the Assyrian village of Kashkawa in the Nahla Valley have issued a public appeal calling for immediate intervention after Kurdish settlers have once again cultivated disputed village lands despite court rulings ordering the encroachments to be removed.http://www.aina.org/news/20260629101457.htm06/28/2026Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar called the recognition "a moral and historical duty," adding, "It's never too late to do the right thing." The resolution is expected to proceed to the Knesset.http://www.aina.org/news/20260628134735.htm06/28/2026Did the fall of Nineveh in 612 BCE mark the end of Assyria? A new interdisciplinary study by the Assyrian-Australian Daniel Sada argues that the contemporary Persian evidence tells a fundamentally different story.http://www.aina.org/news/20260628131203.htm06/27/2026Malek Asmar, Director of the Olaf Taw Association.As discussions continue over the drafting of Syria's future constitution, advocates for the country's indigenous Assyrian community are renewing calls for explicit legal protections for the Assyrian language, arguing that broad constitutional commitments alone are insufficient to preserve one of thehttp://www.aina.org/news/20260627121817.htm06/26/2026One of my earliest memories is sitting on my mother's lap, watching a football match. Seeing a goal hit the back of the net at an angle only Pythagoras would know, and being submerged in raucous roars that cascaded among family members was exhilarating and unifying.http://www.aina.org/news/20260626091036.htm06/23/2026On July 1, 2026, the halls of the Australian Parliament House in Canberra will host a critical geopolitical dialogue as Assyrian leaders, international diplomats, and policymakers convene for the Nineveh Plains Summit.http://www.aina.org/news/20260623143325.htm06/23/2026Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan.Beirut -- Marking the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost and the annual remembrance of the victims of the 1915 Sayfo Genocide, Assyrian Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan urged Assyrian Christians to remain steadfast in their faith, preserve their ecclesiastical heritage, and strengthen thehttp://www.aina.org/news/20260623113313.htm06/22/2026Assyrian Relief depicting Celebration after a Royal Bull Hunt Kalhu (Nimrud) Northwest Palace Ashurnasirpal II 875-860 BC. ( Wikimedia Commons)Assyrian Empire Warfare Deportation and Imperial Roads belongs to the core record of world ancient and classical civilizations because it shows how communities organized power before modern states, corporatiohttp://www.aina.org/news/20260622111753.htm06/22/2026Dimitrov, St. Kirill Assyrian Church, Ararat Province, Armenia. ( Vahe Martirosyan)Armenia is the most homogenous country in the post-Soviet world, with 98% of its citizens identified as ethnic Armenians.http://www.aina.org/news/20260622111010.htm06/21/2026Patriarch Mar Paul III Nona.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.http://www.aina.org/news/20260621145317.htm06/21/2026North 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.http://www.aina.org/news/20260621145009.htm