Tag: Assyrian International News Agency
US Government Must Designate ISIS Attacks As Genocide for All Groups
Christina Khader Ebada, a 3 year-old Assyrian girl, was abducted from her family last August by ISIS as they were leaving Baghdede. 14/11/15 (AINA) -- ... Read More
Assyrian Organizations Issue Joint Statement on Human Rights Violations in North-east Syria
http://si.wsj.net/ (AINA) -- Six Assyrian organizations have issued a statement addressing the human rights violations occurring in areas controlled by the PYD Kurdish party in ... Read More
ISIS Release 37 Assyrian Hostages in Syria
Assyrian hostages freed by ISIS on the bus to Tel Tamar, Syria. Assyrian hostages freed by ISIS arrive in Tel Tamar, Syria. 7/11/15 (AINA) -- ... 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
ISIS Release 50 Assyrians Captured in Qaryatain – Syria
October 2015 (AINA) -- ISIS has released 50 of the 250 Assyrians who were captured in Qaryatain, Syria on August 7 (AINA 2015-08-07). ISIS released ... Read More
Four Assyrians Killed in Hasaka Car Bombing
September 2015 Hasaka, Syria (AINA) -- Up to twenty people were killed by a car bomb that exploded near the Edward Iwas school on Monday, ... Read More
ISIS Release 15 Assyrians Captured in Qaryatain – Syria
5/9/15 (AINA) -- ISIS has released 15 Assyrians who were captured in the town of Qaryatain, Syria after they paid the jizya (poll tax). The ... Read More
ISIS Destroys 5th Century Assyrian Monastery in Syria
An ISIS fighters stands in the rubble of St. Elian monastery, an Assyrian monastery from the 5th century, after it has been destroyed. August 2015 ... Read More
Relative of Assyrians Released By ISIS Speaks
Sabah Elijah with her husband. Three of the 22 hostages ISIS released are her relatives. August 2015 Stockholm (AINA) -- The Swedish Newspaper Lanstidningeninterviewed Sabah ... Read More
Assyrian Captives of ISIS Appeal for Help in Video
A screen capture from the video, showing one of the Assyrians held by ISIS. August 2015 (AINA) -- A video appeared yesterday on Youtube showing ... Read More
ISIS Release 22 Assyrian Hostages in Syria
August 2015 (AINA) -- ISIS has released 22 Assyrians that it captured on February 23 when it attacked the 35 Assyrian villages on the Khabur ... Read More
Kurds Build Cemetery Park in Heart of Assyrian Area in Turkey
August 2015 (AINA) -- Kurdish groups loyal to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have recently built a park named after the group's imprisoned leader, Abdullah ... Read More
Church Bells to Ring for Christians in the Middle East
August 2015 Fribourg, Switzerland (AINA) -- Charles Morerod, Bishop of Fribourg, Lausanne and Geneva invited all churches of his diocese to ring their bells at ... Read More
ISIS Captures 250 Assyrians in Syria
8/8/15 (AINA) -- According to reports from human rights groups and observers, has ISIS abducted between 150 and 250 Assyrians from the town of Qaryatain, ... Read More
Assyrians Should Leave the Middle East
Peter BetBasoo - August 2015 (AINA) -- On June 10, 2014 ISIS captured Mosul, Iraq's second largest city. On August 7, 2014 ISIS drove into ... Read More
Priest Feared Kidnapped in Syria Released
July 2015 (AINA) -- A Franciscan priest who was fear kidnapped three days ago in northeast Syria has been released, according to a report by ... Read More
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Calls on Youth to Defend Their Lands in Syria
https://www.facebook.com/HisHolinessPatriarchMoranMorIgnatiusAphrem2nd?fref=ts By Bar Daisan - 3/7/15 Qamishli, Syria (AINA) -- The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Ignatius Aphrem II, arrived on Saturday, June 27th ... Read More
Video Shows Massive Destruction in Liberated Assyrian Village in Syria
19/6/15 (AINA) -- A video posted on youtube by the Syriac Military Council (NFS), an Assyrian militia that has been fighting ISIS in Syria, shows ... Read More
ISIS Release Assyrian Hostage in Syria
Francois Sawa was released yesterday by ISIS in Syria (screen capture, AssyriaTV). 18/6/15 (AINA) -- ISIS released yesterday one of the 253 Assyrians who were ... Read More
Australian PM Addresses Plight of Assyrians in the Middle East
www.japantimes.co.jp Assyrian Universal Alliance - June 2015 Sydney -- The Deputy Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance, Mr Hermiz Shahen received a letter from the ... Read More
ISIS Release Two Assyrian Hostages in Syria – All 35 Assyrian Villages Liberated
Ramziyya Rehana, an Assyrian released by ISIS after 3 months of captivity, at a hospital in Hasaka, Syria. 27/5/15 Hasaka, Syria (AINA) -- ISIS released ... Read More