Tag: Northern Iraq
Assyrian Church of the East to Boycott EU Conference on Future of Nineveh Plains
http://www.edmontonjournal.com AINA - 29/6/17 Brussels (AINA) -- Sources close to the Assyrian Church of the East confirmed to Assyria-TV on Wednesday that the church will ... Read More
Northern Iraq’s Village of Sarsing Mourns the Death of Rev’d Patros Younan
Assyrian Church of the East - 18/11/16 +Memory Eternal+ “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep ... Read More
KURDISH SOLDIERS RESTORE CHURCH CROSS AND BELL DESTROYED BY TERRORISTS IN BASHIQA
Pravoslavie.ru - 16/11/16 Church bells are ringing again in the town of Bashiqa in Northern Iraq for the first time since it was seized by militants ... Read More
Assyrian Organization Congratulates Trump, Calls Attention to ISIS Genocide
President-elect Donald Trump (R) and Vice President-elect Mike Pence. 11/11/16 (AINA) -- The following letter was sent to President-elect Donald Trump by the American chapter ... Read More
Assyrians Signal Their Intention to Return to Their Homes in Mosul
Aid to the Church in Need - 5/11/16 The capture of the city in Northern Iraq by Daesh (IS) in June 2014, led to thousands fleeing ... Read More
Assyrian Delegation Meets Australian FM
Julie Bishop (C), the Australian minister for Foreign Affairs, meets an Assyrian delegation. Assyrian Universal Alliance - 21/10/16 On Thursday, 20 October 2016, a delegation led ... Read More
Patriarch Igantius Aphrem II Meets the British Consul in Erbil
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - June 2016 His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received the British Consul General in Erbil His Excellency Mr. Angus McKee ... Read More
Senator McCain Sends Letter on Assyrians to Kurdish President
AINA - 28/5/16 (AINA) -- Former Republican presidential candidate and current Senator from Arizona, John McCain, sent a letter to Kurdish President Massoud Barzani regarding ... Read More
Assyrian Delegation in Washington to Press for Aid
Assyrian delegation visits Washington. ( AINA) 19/5/16 (AINA) -- A delegation of Assyrian Americans visited Washington on Wednesday to meet with government officials regarding the ... 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
Assyrian Church Prelates Visit the Historic Village of Sarsing in Northern Iraq
6/6/15 Iraq: Prelates of the Assyrian Church of the East paid a pastoral visit today to the historic Assyrian village of Sarsing in the Dohuk ... Read More
ISIL Militants Blow Up 10 Assyrian Homes in Northern Iraq
http://www.presstv.ir - 25/3/15 Members of the ISIL Takfiri militant group have blown up 10 houses belonging to Christian residents in Iraq's beleaguered northern province of Nineveh, ... 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
Australia Assists Victims of Sectarian Violence in Northern Iraq
From left: Mr. Paul Azzo, the Honorable Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. David David, Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Mr. Hermiz Shahen (AINA photo). ... Read More
IOCC Assists Syrian Families Seeking Refuge In Northern Iraq
August 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Syrian refugee families wait patiently for their turn to receive emergency relief items from a distribution center in northern ... Read More
Jihadists attack Armenian church in Iraq’s Mosul
13/6/14 PanARMENIAN.Net - The jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, which has been systematically attacking—and invading—key cities in Iraq, attacked the St. Etchmiadzin Armenian ... Read More