Tag: Iraq
Resolution to Commemorate Assyrian Massacre Introduced in US House
AINA - 4/12/2020 U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) introduced a resolution to commemorate the Simmele Massacre of 1933 when the Iraqi armed forces brutally massacred ... Read More
Remembering the 1933 Massacre of Assyrians in Iraq
AINA - Abdulmesih BarAbraham - 7/8/2020 (AINA) -- On the 87th anniversary of the massacre of Simmele, where the Iraqi Army systematically massacred the inhabitants ... Read More
100 Years of Assyrian Genocides
The exodus of the Assyrians from Urmia, Iran to the Caucasus in 1915. ( Basile Nikitine, handed over to Dominican missionaries, Paris) AINA - Abdulmesih ... Read More
Iranian General Soleimani Did Not Help Free Assyrian Hostages Held By ISIS
AINA - 14/2/2020 (AINA) -- Several news agencies in Iran have published a story claiming that Assyrians are "indebted to General Soleimani" for his help ... Read More
California Recognizes Two Assyrian Genocides
AINA - 13/9/19 Sacramento, California (AINA) -- The State of California recognized the Assyrian Genocide of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire and the Simmele massacre ... Read More
Assyrian Genocide in Modern History
AINA - August-September 2019 (AINA) -- A report published by the Assyrian Policy Institute "provides a summary of five major events in modern history during ... Read More
Forging Demographic Change in Iraq At the Expense of Assyrians
A church in the Assyrian town of Bartella in north Iraq. ( AINA) AINA - Bar Daisan- 31/1/19 Goettingen, Germany (AINA) -- In a press ... Read More
Iraqi Shabak Security Forces Block Assyrian Church – Threaten Pastor
On of the Shabaks who blocked access to St. George Assyrian church in Bartella, north Iraq. ( AINA) AINA - 2/12/18 Bartella, North Iraq (AINA) ... Read More
Assyrian Priest Paints Grim Picture After Visit to Iraq
Father Athanasis Toma at the old entrance of St. George Assyrian church in Dora, Iraq. ( AINA) AINA - 12/10/18 (AINA) -- Father Athanasis ... Read More
The Living Testimony of the Assyrian Genocides
Sabri Atman (C) interviewing Gewriye Mesut in the Netherlands, survivor of the 1915 Turkish genocide of Assyrians in World War One. ( AINA) AINA - ... Read More
Assyrians Walk Across Golden Gate Bridge for Genocide Awareness
Assyrians walk across Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to raise awareness of Assyrian genocides. ( AINA) ( AINA) AINA - 16/8/18 San Francisco (AINA) ... Read More
Assyrians Commemorate Martyrs Day Amid Strife and Exodus From Middle East
The Arabic letter "n" (inside red circle), signifying "Nasrani" (Christian), on an Assyrian home in Mosul. AINA - 10/8/18 (AINA) -- August 7 is ... Read More
The Assyrian Simele Massacre and the Unsung Hero of the Genocide Convention
Assyrian refugees who survived the Simele Massacre of 1933 pictured in the Khabour region of Syria, 1935. ( Assyrian Policy Institute) AINA - 27/7/18 ... Read More
Assyrian Organizations Ask Iraq to Recognize 1933 Massacre of Assyrians
AINA AINA - 24/7/18 (AINA) -- A coalition of four Assyrian organizations from the Unites States, Canada and Europe has sent a letter to the Iraqi government ... Read More
Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights Issues Report on Christian Persecution in Syria
The St. Odisho Assyrian Church in Tel Tal, Syria, was bombed by ISIS. AINA - 23/6/18 (AINA) -- The Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights has released a ... Read More
Following Christ together in discrimination, persecution, martyrdom: What does this mean for the global church today? – Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - 27/4/18 Speech of His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal ... Read More
Cross destroyed by ISIS restored on the dome of the ancient St. Morth Shmooni Syriac Orthodox Church in Iraq
Liju Cherian (Chief Editor) OCP News Service - 5/4/18 Artella-Iraq- Orthodox Christians in Iraq restored Cross on the dome of St. Morth Shmooni Syriac Orthodox ... Read More
Paschal-Easter Greetings from OCP Chairman – 2018
The Executive Council – March-April 2018 – OCP News Service Dear All Christ is Risen, He is Truly Risen Indeed!!! Krisdos haryav i merelotz! Orhnyal ... Read More
Palm Sunday celebrations mark revival of life in Qaraqosh
The Palm Sunday celebrations saw thousands of Christians take to the streets of Qaraqosh (World Watch Monitor) Wordlwatchmonitor - 27/3/18 For many Christian families in ... Read More
Assyrians Commemorate 100th Anniversary of Patriarch’s Assassination
His Holiness Benjamin Shimun XXI (1887-1918), Patriarch of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of East. AINA - 5/3/18 (AINA) -- On March 3 Assyrian ... Read More
Ceremony Held for New Assyrian Church in Arizona
Assyrian Church of the East - 5/3/18 On Sunday 18 February 2018, His Grace Mar Aprim Khamis, Bishop of Western USA of the Assyrian Church ... Read More