(AFP) -- Two people were injured on Tuesday in an attack on an Assyrian Christian celebration in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, officials said. The region's Asayesh police force said it was investigating the attack in the city of Dohuk and could not yet determine whether it was a "terrorist" act.
Duhok province in the Kurdistan Region hosted a major celebration on Tuesday for the Akitu festival, marking the Babylonian-Assyrian New Year 6775, drawing a large crowd of local and international attendees. The festive procession kicked off in front of the "Virgin Mary" Church in downtown Duhok, with participants marching along the main street to the celebration venue at the Mazi complex.
(AINA) -- The following lecture was delivered by Dr. Nicholas Al-Jeloo in Yerevan, Armenia. Dr. Al-Jeloo addresses the issue of the meaning of the Armenian word asori and the attempts of revisionist scholars to redefine the word so as not to mean Assyrian. ...
The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne will host a historic Evensong Service in the heart of Melbourne's CBD at St Paul's Cathedral on Sunday, 6 April 2025 to mark the 110th Anniversary of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.
"It's time to come back." This is the slogan of the NGO "The Return." A blue and white logo represents the paths of the Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq, with the borders intentionally erased "to send a message of unity, without distinction between various communities, including Christians," explains Dilan. A Chaldean of Franco-Iraqi origin, Dilan is the founder of the project.
The Supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church anointed the new leader of their Church in India during a solemn ceremony in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on March 25. Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, the Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church, led the special ceremony in St Mary's Syrian Orthodox Cathedral to anoint Joseph Mor Gregorios as Catholicos, the head of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox...
Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako issued the appeal March 26, arguing that the current process failed to ensure Iraq's Christian minority was genuinely represented in parliament. In Iraq, Sako's move is likely to be seen as part of his ongoing clash with Rayan al-Kildani, a party leader who styles himself as the de facto protector of Iraq's Christian minority.
President Donald Trump has appointed his former defense lawyer, Alina Habba, as the interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey. Habba, known for her staunch defense of Trump during his legal battles, brings a fierce commitment to justice and the law.
Saskatoon, Canada -- Businesses and non-profit organizations regularly open and move in Saskatoon. Today, the StarPhoenix talks to Montha Istifo, who opened Star of Ishtar Restaurant last year in Sutherland.
Receipts for beer, instructions for exorcising a ghost and a lullaby for a restless child - are just some inscriptions from the ancient people of Mesopotamia we can use to look back in time. And what these ancient texts often show is that we are not so different from our forebears who came thousands of years ago, says historian Dr Moudhy Al Rashid.
Baghdad -- The Iraqi Minister of Culture, Ahmed Fakak Al-Badrani, stated on Sunday that efforts are being exerted to restore the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq, which was destroyed by ISIS militants in 2015.
Efforts are underway to rebuild the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq which was destroyed by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2015, Iraq's culture minister told Rudaw on Sunday. "More than 35 thousand archeological pieces have been recovered," Ahmed Fakak al-Badrani said, noting that a "scientific approach" is being used to identify both damaged and intact artifacts for preservation.
(AINA) -- The following lecture was delivered by Dr. Nicholas Al-Jeloo in Yerevan, Armenia. Dr. Al-Jeloo addresses the issue of the meaning of the Armenian word asori and the attempts of revisionist scholars to redefine the word so as not to mean Assyrian. ...
(AINA) -- Assyrian leaders and advocates are sounding the alarm on escalating human rights violations in Iraq and Syria, where forced displacement, systemic discrimination, and cultural erasure continue unabated. As political disenfranchisement and targeted violence drive Assyrians from their ancestral lands, the urgent need for intervention grows stronger.
(AINA) -- The Assyrian Arts Institute (AAI) is an organization founded by Nora Betyousef Lacey in 2017 and claims to support Assyrian arts. AAI has sponsored a few events since its founding, including an Assyrian women's choir.
(AINA) -- On July 12 Iraqi president Abdul Latif Rashid repealed the decree recognizing the appointment of Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako as head of the Chaldean Catholic Church and which appointed him to the office of the waqf (وقف), the endowment which oversees all church property. The details of the events leading up to this action are exhaustively covered in this report by MEMRI.
(AINA) -- 'Syria is free'; thus screamed the Syrians as they celebrated the tumbling down of the criminal regime during a whole week. Thousands, even millions, of Syrians strolled the streets of the entire major cities of Syria. They were from all societal segments, strata, trends, genders, religious beliefs and non-religious ones, convictions, sects, confessions, parties, and orientations.
(AINA) -- The collapse of the Syrian regime has added yet another chapter to the cycle of deep crises that perpetually plague the Middle East. Yet, these devastations increasingly render ancient peoples, burdened by the weight of historical memory, invisible.
Saskatoon, Canada -- Businesses and non-profit organizations regularly open and move in Saskatoon. Today, the StarPhoenix talks to Montha Istifo, who opened Star of Ishtar Restaurant last year in Sutherland.
If you're a fan of ancient history, I heartily recommend the Lost Civilizations series published by the University of Chicago Press through its Reaktion Books imprint, which I first encountered via Frances F. Berdan's outstanding 2021 volume on the Aztecs. The latest entry is The Assyrians, by British Museum Mesopotamia expert Paul Collins (who also wrote the Sumerian entry back in 2021).