Turkey -- A remarkable discovery in the Gerger district, located between Adıyaman and Omid, attests to the centuries-old presence of Syriacs there. In the village of Oymaklı, a stone bearing a Syriac inscription sheds new light on the region's layered history and its centuries-old Syriac presence.
Ankara -- As Turkey's parliamentary committee charged with the "internal peace" file continues deliberations to forge a resolution to the decades-long conflict with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), broader questions are emerging from the country's historic peoples, particularly the Assyrian people.
When President Trump told the United Nations on Tuesday that Christianity is "the most persecuted religion on the planet," he put blunt words to a grim reality known to millions across the world. The president was correct to highlight the state of Christian persecution worldwide, from criminalization for basic Christian expression in liberal democracies to imprisonment and threat of death under...
Mosul, Iraq -- The abuses of authoritarian regimes across the Middle East extend far beyond the displacement and persecution of indigenous communities such as the Assyrian people. These regimes have also stripped them of their identity, heritage, and ancient history -- rewriting and distorting it in ways that erase their cultural legacy.
The popular YouTube channel A Day in History, with more than eight hundred thousand subscribers and the stated aim of "shedding light on some of history's most suppressed but factual events," published a mini-documentary about the Assyrian genocide in October 2023. Since its release, the documentary has garnered more than 5.
Four Assyrian-Americans from the Assyrians for Justice organization toured northern Iraq for several days in September. Led by Sam Darmo, a Phoenix real estate agent and co-founder of Assyrians for Trump, the group met with an impressive list of high-ranking officials from the Barzani-led KRG.