(AINA) -- Local Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq have pursued a quiet but systematic policy of granting Iraqi citizenship and residency rights to large numbers of Kurds, estimated at more than two million, arriving from neighboring countries such as Iran, Turkey, and Syria.
(AINA) -- The historic 2024 visit of the Assyrian Catholicos-Patriarch his Holliness Mar Awa III of the Assyrian Church of the East to Pope Francis marked an important milestone in relations between two ancient Christian traditions.
(AINA) -- This article highlights the Assyrian village of Hah (Anitli) in Midyat, Turkey, which was recently awarded the "Best Tourism Village" designation by the United Nations Tourism Organization. The recognition is based on the village's unique Assyrian architecture, its religious monuments, and particularly the historic Church of the Virgin Mary (Yoldath Aloho) -- a symbol of an unbroken...
(AINA) -- The use of the term "minority" to describe Assyrians in Turkey and later in Iraq is deeply tied to the political and nationalist agendas of these nations, particularly in the 20th century. While Assyrians are undoubtedly the indigenous people of the land of the two rivers (Mesopotamia), the term "minority" was used to undermine their presence, deny their historical rights, and...
(AINA) -- There were three Assyrian empires in BC times. The first was from 2000 BC to 1750 BC; the second was from 1365 BC to 1076 BC; the third and most famous and influential was called the Neo-Assyrian Empire, ruling from 911 BC to 609 BC. The following video from the History Time youtube channel presents the history of the neo-Assyrian empire. ...
(AINA) -- The following report by CBN addresses the issue of "protection" of Assyrians by the Kurdish regional government in north Iraq. ...