Tag: Iraq
‘Displaced’ – New eBook tells the story of Assyrians and Yezidis in Iraq
Restore Nineveh Now - 21/3/15 VISIT TO BUY E-BOOK HERE Announcing a new downloadable eBook, Displaced, which tells in photographs the story of Assyrians ... Read More
Australian Assyrians Meet MPs, Push for Assyrian Safe Haven in Iraq
From left, David David, Suzy David, the Hon Richard Marles MP, Emmanuel Khoshaba, The Hon Chris Bowen MP, and Hermiz Shahen (AINA photo). Assyrian Universal ... Read More
Syrian And Iraqi Assyrians Flee ISIS Extermination Threat
Iraqi Assyrian families took refuge in the mountaintop Mar Matta Monastery, 30 miles east of Mosul, to flee ISIS. 19/3/15 BEIRUT -- Despite the war, ... Read More
ISIS Destroys Assyrian Churches : Hostages Still Being Held
ISIS members destroying the St. George Catholic Monastery in Mosul, Iraq (photo: ISIS twitter). ISIS members destroying the St. George Catholic Monastery in Mosul, ... Read More
Assyrians Demonstrate in Istanbul
16/3/15 (AINA) -- Assyrian held a demonstration yesterday in Istanbul's Freedom Square to protest ISIS attacks on Assyrians in Khabur, Syria. Despite the heavy rain, ... Read More
Letter to Obama From an Assyrian American Student
Assyrians in Chicago rally in support of Assyrians in Syria and Iraq. 15/3/15 (AINA) -- Assyrians held a rally in Chicago yesterday to call attention ... Read More
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
Assyrians Face Genocide in Iraq
http://www.atour.com/ By Geoffrey Johnston http://www.thewhig.com - 13/3/15 For ethnic Assyrians, who are being attacked by genocidal forces in the Middle East, these are surely the worst ... Read More
ISIS Burned 1,500 Historical Manuscripts and Sold Assyrian Sculptures
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com - 13/3/15 Islamic State (ISIS) has burned 1,500 historical manuscripts in Iraq and sold Assyrian sculptures on the black market, the country's Ministry of Tourism ... Read More
Assyrian Delegation Meets With Australian Parliamentarians
(AINA) -- On 11 March 2015, leaders of Victoria's Assyrian community met with Australian state and federal parliamentarians building on ongoing Assyrian advocacy efforts in ... Read More
Chaldean Patriarch: Iraq is a ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ – Urgent Action Needed
11/3/15 By Louis Raphael I Sako Baghdad -- The Kurdish peshmerga forces, backed by US air strikes, have launched a new offensive against the militia ... 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
UN Condemns Destruction of Nimrud Heritage Site in Northern Iraq
The ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, which was destroyed by ISIS on March 5. http://www.un.org - 7/3/15 "Nothing is safe from the cultural cleansing under way ... Read More
From Iraq to Syria: the Genocidal Ordeal of the Assyrians
Assyrians fleeing from Urmia, Iran in 1918 to escape the genocide by Turks. By Joseph Yacoub - 6/3/15 (AINA) -- The Assyrian-Chaldean community is facing ... 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
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
What ISIS Just Did in Iraq Shows That It Truly is an Enemy of Human Civilization
By Kyle Becker http://www.ijreview.com - 27/2/15 The Islamic State is not just bent on the destruction of anyone that stands in its way, the terror group ... Read More
Former Iraqi Minister: ISIS Seeks to ‘Annihilate Christian Presence’ in Iraq
Pascale Warda, former Iraq Minister of Immigration and Refugees By Thomas D. Williams Breitbart – 26/2/15 A real genocide is occurring in Iraq that nobody wants ... Read More
World Conference in Erbil on Future of Iraqi Yezidis and Christians
An elderly Christian woman, made homeless by ISIS attacks on the minority in Iraq, sits with her belongings in the Kurdistan Region. By Pishtiwan Jamal ... Read More
Paradise Lost: is Christianity Doomed in the Middle East?
In Iraqi security officer guards a church (Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images) By Gerard Russell http://www.newstatesman.com - 30/1/15 The stark cliffs of the Zagros Mountains on the Iran-Iraq ... Read More