Tag: Assyrian Christians
New Memorial Erected for Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Benyamin XXI
Assyrian Church of the East - 5/3/18 New memorial is erected at Montrose Cemetery, Chicago in memory of 100 years of the martyrdom of His ... Read More
The Unethical Prosecution of an Assyrian Attorney
Attorney Robert DeKelaita speaking at a rally. AINA - 14/1/18 On January 2, 2018, Judge Goldsmith from the federal court in Michigan ordered the release ... Read More
Assyrian Umbrella Organization Asks UN to Support Assyrians in North Iraq
cdn.pixabay.com AINA - 22/9/17 (AINA) -- The Assyrian Universal Alliance, an umbrella organization for Assyrians worldwide, has sent a letter to the Secretary General of ... Read More
SYRIAN CLERGY COLLECTED RANSOM TO SAVE OVER 200 CHRISTIANS FROM ISIS
http://blackchristiannews.com/ Pravoslavie.ru - 8/12/16 More than 200 abducted Assyrian Christians taken hostage by ISIS in February 2015 were saved by a Syrian priest who managed ... Read More
The Genocide of Assyrians and Yazidis and the Next American President
St. Barbara Assyrian church in Karemlis, Iraq was bombed by ISIS on Sunday, October 10. AINA - Nahren Anweya - 12/10/16 (AINA) -- In November ... Read More
Assyrians in Sydney Demonstrate Against Kurdish Occupation of Assyrian Villages
Assyrian Universal Alliance - May 2016 Sydney -- Over 500 people descended on Martin Place in a public demonstration organised by the Assyrian Council of Australia. ... Read More
Rescued at Last: Christian Villages in Syria Liberated from Daesh
Over 30 Christian villages in Al-Hasakah province were completely devastated during the initial attack by Daesh forces. Despite being threatened by Daesh extremists, the local ... Read More
A Vicarious Letter to Obama From the Assyrian Hostages
Assyrians in Chicago rally in support of Assyrians in Syria and Iraq. By Peter Ahern - 29/10/15 (AINA) -- Dear President Obama: After months of ... Read More
Assyrian Children Bear Scars Of War – Face New Challenges In Exile
Learning math and reading in French instead of their native Arabic has been a challenge for Syrian refugees Cynthia, 9, and her classmate, David, 8. ... Read More
US State Department Says No to Iraqi Christians
By Faith J. H. McDonnell - May 2015 Writing in April in USA Today about the murder of 12 Christian migrants thrown into the sea ... Read More
Indicted Assyrian Attorney Faces Trial
Attorney Robert DeKelaita, who has been indicted for immigration fraud, will stand trial on May 19. May 2015 Chicago (AINA) -- Hundreds of supporters are ... Read More
The Lives of Assyrian Christians – Can We Imagine?
http://a.abcnews.com/ By Sargis Sangari http://www.assistnews.net ISIS' claim of responsibility for the shooting in Garland, Texas, was proof of its ability to capitalize on terrorist sympathizers ... Read More
Syrian City Surrounded By Jihadists – 232 Assyrians Held Hostage
http://www.indcatholicnews.com - 2/5/15 Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo, head of Archieparchy in Hassaké-Nisibi said: "We are going through a terrible time. The jihadists of the Islamic State ... Read More
Assyrians, Isis, and Kelecha — Celebrating Easter in Iraq
Assyrian women preparing Keleche, a traditional Assyrian pastry. By Erin Wilson http://www.preemptivelove.org - April 2015 Floury hands move quickly, mixing ingredients, kneading rough pastry into smooth ... Read More
Assyrians: From Mosul to Motor City
By Aaron Foley https://foreignpolicy.com - 6/3/15 DETROIT -- It's easy to miss Tigris Restaurant in Detroit's Chaldean Town, a tiny stretch of businesses and residences on ... Read More
Assyrians: Remembering ‘The Year of the Sword’
By Lela Gilbert http://philosproject.org - 4/3/15 I recently spent some time in New York City with Juliana Taimoorazy, a courageous and outspoken champion of the world's ... Read More
USCIRF Condemns Abduction of More Than 200 Assyrian Christians and Urges Their Immediate Release
28/2/15 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns the abduction of more than 200 Assyrian Christians by militants of ... Read More
Hungary Urges International Community to Save Iraq’s Assyrian Christians
http://www.politics.hu - 11/814 Hungary proposes that the matter should be included in next week's agenda of NATO's North-Atlantic Council, Szijjarto said. Hungary will also initiate that ... Read More
The Desperate Plight of the Assyrian Christians of Iraq and Syria
By Mardean Isaac http://www.fairobserver.com - 8/6/14 Assyrian Christians are the indigenous people of a contiguous region spanning northeast Syria, southeast Turkey, northwest Iran and northern Iraq. ... Read More
Syria’s Assyrian Christians Find Refuge With Turkish Neighbours
By Jane Burgess http://themedialine.org - 28/1/14 MIDYAT, Turkey -- Miydat's Assyrian Orthodox community is still encumbered with festive cookies and candied nuts from their Christmas festivities. ... Read More
Turkey building refugee camps for Syrian Christians, Kurds
13/4/13 Turkey is building two camps along its far southeastern border with Syria to house a growing number of refugees from Syrian minority groups, mainly ... Read More