(AINA) -- In the realm of International Law, the efficacy of the historical claims of transnational communities does not depend on the moral legitimacy of their narratives, but rather on their rigorous adaptation to prevailing normative categories. The Assyrian cause, backed by a highly mobilized global diaspora, stands at a strategic crossroads of great consequence.
(AINA) -- Every year, the Greek and Pontic communities of Rhode Island honor the victims of the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire between 1913 and 1923 This year, thanks to State Senator Lou Raptakis, the annual resolution includes more detailed language explicitly recognizing Assyrian fatalities.
(AINA) -- Within Turkey's multilayered historical structure, the Assyrians constitute one of the most ancient peoples of Mesopotamia. They are not merely a religious community, but also one of the foundational elements carrying the cultural memory of Anatolian and Mesopotamian civilization.
New York (AINA) -- Tony S. Kalogerakos, Esq.--Injury Lawyers announced today that its New York office is investigating potential civil claims on behalf of individuals and families harmed by ISIS and the Al-Nusrah Front, following a landmark federal criminal case and recent legal developments under U.S. anti-terrorism law. The firm's investigation follows the 2022 guilty plea by Lafarge S.A. in U.
(AINA) -- "We have made a clean sweep of the Armenians and Assyrians of Azerbaijan" -- Those were the words of Djevdet Bey, the governor of Van Province in Ottoman Turkey, who on April 24, 1915 lead 20,000 Turkish soldiers and 10,000 Kurdish irregulars in the opening act of the genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks.
(AINA) -- Atrocity denial suffuses the bedrock of the academic field of modern Middle East studies. One of the most frequently cited works about modern Assyrians is a 1974 revisionist account of the 1933 massacres of Assyrians in Iraq. Its author, Khaldun S. Husry, dismisses Assyrian recollections of the violence as "propaganda of the victims.