Tag: News Agency
Assyrian Girl Kidnapped in Baghdad Released
15/5/15 (AINA) -- Juliana George, a 16 year-old Assyrian girl who was kidnapped from her home in Baghdad 9 days ago (AINA 2015-05-12), was released ... Read More
President Raul Castro Invites Russian Patriarch to Cuba
Cuban News Agency - May 2015 HAVANA, Cuba, May 9 (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro invited the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill, to visit ... Read More
Chaldean Patriarch: Kurdish Constitution Should Mention Christians
Fides News Agency - May 2015 In view of the parliamentary debate on the adoption of the Constitution of the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan, ... Read More
Hunger Strike Planned to Mark Centenary of Assyrian Genocide
Fides News Agency - April 2015 To commemorate the genocide of their ancestors in 1915, members of the Syriac community in the city of Midyat ... Read More
Thousands Attend Funeral of Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV
April 2015 Chicago (AINA) -- The Patriarch of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East was laid to rest today in a funeral ... Read More
Chaldean Patriarch: a Law Against Preachers Who Incite Violence is Needed
Fides News Agency - 18/3/15 Baghdad -- In Iraq, bloodied by sectarian strife and in the hands of jihadists, a law to prosecute religious preachers who ... Read More
13 Christians Kidnapped in LIbya Released
By Janelle Powers http://www.crossmap.com - 14/1/15 Thirteen Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya have been released. The group was released on Monday, according to the Libya Herald ... Read More
Photos of Christmas in Iraq
(AINA) -- 2014 was a bad year for the Assyrians of Iraq, who comprise 95% of the country's Christian population. ISIS drove nearly 200,000 Assyrians ... Read More
Pope Says Christians ‘being Driven From Mideast’
8/12/14 ERBIL, Iraq (AFP) -- Pope Francis said Christians are being "driven from the Middle East," in a message to Iraqi Christians forced to flee ... Read More
Christians in Iraq Face Uncertain Future
Iraqi Christians in a Refugee camp By John Burger http://www.aleteia.org - October 2014 Tens of thousands of refugees in northern Iraq are facing a winter living ... Read More
Assyrian Mother and Three Sons Murdered in Baghdad
The bodies of the Assyrian mother and her three sons, who were murdered in Baghdad. October 2014 (AINA) -- According to a report by Al-Masalah, ... Read More
Assyrian School Opens in Sweden
3/9/14 Sodertalje (AINA) -- Sweden's first Assyrian school opened its doors for the new school year in the town of Sodertalje, 36 kilometers south of ... Read More
World’s Top Muslim Leaders Condemn Attacks on Iraqi Christians
Iyad bin Amin Madani - Secretary general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation http://en.radiovaticana.va - 12/8/14 Two of the leading voices in the Muslim world ... Read More
Holy Royal Martyrs Commemorated in Yekaterinburg on their Feast-Day
July 2014 The night of July 16/17 is a tragic date in the history of Russia. On this day in Yekaterinburg, the Russian Tsar Nicolas ... Read More
ISIS Removes Cross From Church in Mosul
15/7/14 Mosul (AINA) -- ISIS removed the cross on top of the dome of St. Ephrem Cathedral in the Shoorta neighborhood in Mosul, one week ... Read More
Assyrian NGO, Christian Solidarity International Aiding Iraqis Fleeing Mosul, Baghdede
3/7/14 (AINA) -- The Hammurabi Human Rights Organization (HHRO) formed a Joint Relief Team with Christian Solidarity International (CSI) and visited the displaced families from ... Read More
Eastern Patriarchs Deplore Regional Violence
Daily Star, Lebanon - 2/7/14 BEIRUT -- The patriarchs of Eastern churches Tuesday deplored raging violence in Iraq and Syria that has caused massive displacement of ... Read More
5 Assyrians, Including Two Nuns, Missing in Mosul
1/7/14 Mosul, Iraq (AINA) -- The Assyrian television channel Ishtar TV is reporting that 5 Assyrians have gone missing in Mosul. Two Chaldean nuns from ... Read More
Assyrians in U.S. Rally for Assyrians in Iraq
23/6/14 (AINA) -- Assyrians in the United States held demonstrations in three cities on Friday in support of Assyrians in Mosul, Iraq, and other areas ... Read More
The Religious Cleansing of Iraq’s Christians
By Lela Gilbert Fox News - 21/6/14 Just a year ago, after months of bombings, shootings and kidnappings, Baghdad's Monsignor Pios Cacha made a grim prediction. ... Read More
ISIS Cuts Off Water, Electricity, Destroys Churches
19/6/14 (AINA) -- Sources in Tikrit and Mosul have told AINA that ISIS has cut off water and electricity to some parts of the cities. ... Read More