Tag: AINA
European Parliament Passes Resolution Calling for Assyrian Safe Haven in North Iraq
An Assyrian house in Telsqof, Iraq destroyed by ISIS. 13/3/15 (AINA) -- The European Parliament has passed a non-bindingresolution calling for the establishment of an ... Read More
Brick By Brick, Person By Person, ISIS is Erasing Assyrians From Their Homelands
The ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, which was destroyed by ISIS on March 5. 7/3/15 (AINA) -- Yesterday ISIS destroyed the ancient Assyrian city ... Read More
Unconfirmed Reports of the Release of All Assyrians Held By ISIS
Joseph and Sargon Sarkis -- two of the Assyrians captured by ISIS. 7/3/15 (AINA) -- Sources in Hasaka are reporting that ISIS has released all ... Read More
Assyrian Hostage Released By ISIS: We Cannot Go Back to Our Homes
ISIS member addresses the Assyrian hostages from Tel Goran at an unknown location (photo: social media). ISIS Assyrian hostages from Tel Goran at an unknown ... Read More
ISIS Releases 4 More Assyrians, Including 6 Year-old Mariana
Mariana Mirza, 6, was released today, two days after her parents were released. (AINA photo). 4/3/15 Hasaka, Syria (AINA) -- Today ISIS released four more ... Read More
Message From an Assyrian Fighter in Syria
3/3/15 (AINA) -- On February 24 ISIS attacked 35 Assyrian villages on the Khabur river in the Hasaka province in northeast Syria. More than 300 ... Read More
19 Assyrians Released By ISIS But Hundreds Remain Captured
Assyrian hostages from Tel Goran who were captured and released by ISIS, at St. Mary's Church in Hasaka. Assyrian hostages from Tel Goran who were ... Read More
The Genocide of Assyrians That Started in Iraq Continues in Syria
By Peter Bet Basoo - 27/2/15 (AINA) -- On Tuesday, February 23 ISIS attacked 35 Assyrian villages on the Khabur river in the Hassaka province ... Read More
Assyrians Captured By ISIS Now At 150, Negotiations for Their Release in Progress
Assyrians killed by ISIS, from left: Milad Sammy Adam, Julian Osi, Tamir Darwish, Marius Hurmiz (AINA photo). Simon Somo, killed fighting ISIS. Killed fighting ISIS, ... Read More
Assyrian Hostages in Syria Are ‘Safe’, Says ISIS Member
An Assyrian woman and her children who fled from Tel Tamar because of the attacks by ISIS. 25/2/15 Hasaka, Syria (AINA) -- ISIS attacked ... Read More
ISIS Attacks Assyrian Villages in Syria, 4 Killed, Dozens Captured, Churches Burned
The Assyrian church of Mar Bisho on fire, in Tel Shamiran, Syria. Assyrians fleeing ISIS take shelter in St. Mary's Church in Hasaka, Syria. Damage ... Read More
Syrian Kurdish Militia Arrests Assyrians, Including a Priest
23/2/15 Hasaka, Syria (AINA) -- Nearly 400 Asayish (Kurdish security) members of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party in Syria surrounded the Malikiyya neighborhood yesterday and ... Read More
ISIS Threatens Assyrians in Syria, Women and Children Evacuated
Assyrian fighters mounting the cross on the Church of St. Pithew in Tel Hurmizd (AINA photo). Assyiran fighters guard the church in Tel Hormizd, Syria, ... Read More
ISIS Enters Assyrian Town in Syria & Removes Church Cross
The church in Tel Hormizd, Syria and the cross that was removed from it by ISIS. Photo of ISIS members in Tel Hormizd, Syria. ISIS ... Read More
Assyrians March in Sweden for Genocide Recognition
26/1/15 Stockholm (AINA) -- More than two thousand Assyrians marched for genocide recognition on Sunday in six cities in Sweden. The marchers held torches and ... Read More
Iraq’s Governor of Nineveh Meets Assyrian Leaders in Chicago
Atheel Al Nujaifi (red tie), the Sunni governor of Iraq's Nineveh province, meeting with Assyrian leaders in Chicago. On his right is Dr. Duraid of ... Read More
Assyrian Monastery Saved From Kurdish Vandal
The ancient Assyrian Deir Haddadke Monastery in Midyat, Turkey. The illegal wall built by a Kurd. 1/11/2014 Turabdin, Turkey (AINA) - An ancient Assyrian monastery ... Read More
Assyrian Appointed Sweden’s Minister of Energy
Ibrahim Baylan has been appointed Sweden's minister of energy. October 2014 Stockholm (AINA) -- Ibrahim Baylan, a member of Sweden's Social Democratic Party, has been ... Read More
Three Assyrians Kidnapped in Syria
2/10/14 (AINA) -- Three Assyrian men have been kidnapped in Hasaka, Syria, according to Assyrian Human Rights Watch. The three men were kidnapped in the ... Read More
Documentary on Assyrian Genocide to Premiere for Centennial Commemoration
http://www.zindamagazine.com 25/9/14 Stockholm (AINA) -- Assyrians are preparing for the 2015 centennial commemoration of the genocide committed against them in World War One by Ottoman ... Read More
5K Walk Calls Attention to Assyrian Suffering in Iraq
September 2014 Skokie, Illinois (AINA) -- over 1,000 Assyrians participated in a 5 kilometer walk to call attention to the suffering of Assyrians in north ... Read More