Tag: Syria
The Lives of Assyrian Christians – Can We Imagine?
http://a.abcnews.com/ By Sargis Sangari http://www.assistnews.net ISIS' claim of responsibility for the shooting in Garland, Texas, was proof of its ability to capitalize on terrorist sympathizers ... Read More
ISIS Demands $23 Million for Assyrian Hostages : Vigil Held in Australia
Assyrian Church of the East Bishop Mellis of Australia 2/5/15 (AINA) -- Assyrian church leader are reporting that ISIS has rejected a ransom offer for ... Read More
ISIS Bombs Assyrian and Armenian Churches in Syria
The St. Odisho Assyrian Church in Tel Tal, Syria, was bombed by ISIS 30/4/15 Also Read - The Ancient Armenian Orthodox Church of Forty Martyrs ... Read More
Syria Recognizes the Armenian Genocide Committed By the Ottoman Empire- Parliament Speaker Says
Speaker of the People's Council of Syria Mohammad Jihad al-Laham (left) meets with Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian in Yerevan. April 22, 2015. 23/4/15 - http://www.armradio.am On ... Read More
Rebels Attack Assyrian Quarter in Aleppo : 40 Killed
Assyrians killed in the rebel attack on the Sulaymaniyah district of Aleppo, Syria. 14/4/15 Aleppo, Syria (AINA) -- Syrian opposition forces launched a sustained attack ... Read More
Patriarch Aphrem II Visits Syria’s Qamishli Amid War
ARA News - 7/4/15 Qamishli, Syria -- Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Syriac Orthodox ... Read More
ISIS Destroys Assyrian Church in Syria
The Assyrian Virgin Mary Church in Tel Nasri, Syria, was destroyed by ISIS today at about 9 AM. 5/4/15 Hasaka (AINA) -- ISIS destroyed ... Read More
Christian Priest Abducted by U.S. Sponsored ‘Rebels’ in Syria
Father Ibrahim Farah Raymond Ibrahim - 5/4/15 Since the Syrian city of Idlib fell to U.S.-supported, anti-Assad jihadis on March 28, Christian inhabitants have been attacked. ... Read More
Orthodox Priest Kidnapped in the Syrian city of Idlib
CatholicCulture.org - 4/4/15 Report: priest kidnapped after Syrian city falls to rebels. The al-Nusra Front, a Syrian rebel group that is a branch of al-Qaeda, has ... Read More
Turkey’s Orthodox and Protestants Mend Centuries of Mistrust
Interior stonework of Mardin Protestant Church, March 2015 (photo: World Watch Monitor). Courtyard of long abandoned Mardin Protestant Church, March 2015 (photo: World Watch Monitor). ... Read More
Assyrians Usher in Year 6765 With Trepidation
Assyrians celebrate year 6765 at the Assyrian new year celebration in Fairfield, Australia. 2/4/15 (AINA) -- Assyrians throughout the world ushered in the 6765th year ... Read More
Documentary on Assyrian Villages in Syria Overrun By ISIS
1/4/15 See the Documentary Here: (AINA) -- On February 23 ISIS attacked the 35 Assyrian villages on the Khabur River in the Hassaka province in ... Read More
Chaldean Patriarch Addresses UN Security Council on Persecution of Christians
28/3/15 (AINA) -- Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako, the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church of Babylon, addressed the United Nations Security Council today on the persecution ... 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
France Opening Its Doors to Persecuted Christians From Middle-East
http://www.mapsofworld.com/ Simone Poissiron http://cubiclane.com - 23/3/15 France has granted more than 1500 asylum visas to Middle Eastern Christians since late July, when the government announced its ... Read More
Assyrian Christian Couple Who Fled From Syria to Lebanon Tell Their Story
https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com By Doreen Abi Raad http://www.catholicherald.co.uk Assyrian Christians from Syria's besieged Khabur region who fled their homes when the Islamic State seized their villages in ... 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
A Syrian Christian Reflects on Four Years of Conflict, Deprivation and Suffering
http://www.crossmap.com - 19/3/15 A letter from a Barnabas partner living in Aleppo, Syria, describes the plight of Syrians and especially Syrian Christians during the current conflict ... 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