In southern India, the lush tropical landscape of Kerala is dotted with imposing buildings housing the headquarters of several major Catholic religious orders. The thousands of members of these orders operate sprawling networks of hospitals, schools and social institutions in the area.
Paris -- Over the past few days, the French capital, Paris, has witnessed visits by the patriarchs of the Syriac Orthodox and Syriac Catholic Churches aimed at mobilizing French, European, and international support for Christians in Syria and the Middle East.
(AINA) -- Within Turkey's multilayered historical structure, the Assyrians constitute one of the most ancient peoples of Mesopotamia. They are not merely a religious community, but also one of the foundational elements carrying the cultural memory of Anatolian and Mesopotamian civilization.
Commemoration invites reflection, but it also raises questions. What does it mean to remember a past that was not directly lived, but inherited? For many families, this reflection begins not in archives, but in fragments: stories half told, silences, and a sense of loss that was never fully explained.
U.S. policy in the Middle East often favors short-term stability over lasting political relationships. The result is reliance on unreliable state actors and armed militia groups, which, over the years, become liabilities for Western interests. In Iraq, this approach not only has led to a fragmented security environment but also has created a dynamic in which U.S.
Chaldean American author and filmmaker Weam Namou is dedicated to helping her community heal through what she calls "not good or bad, just authentic" storytelling. Born in Iraq, Namou immigrated to Michigan with her family as a child. Now a Sterling Heights resident, she cherishes her neighborhood and the family she raised there.
Thousands of artifacts belonging to the Bethnahrinian (Mesopotamian) civilization have been stolen, smuggled, and sold on black markets during the many years of wars and crises that Iraq has witnessed.
Michigan has officially recognized May as "Chaldean American Month" in Michigan, the first designation of its kind by any state in the nation. State Rep. Tom Kuhn's House Bill 4303 was signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday. "This moment puts Michigan on the map in a new way," said Kuhn.
New York (AINA) -- Tony S. Kalogerakos, Esq.--Injury Lawyers announced today that its New York office is investigating potential civil claims on behalf of individuals and families harmed by ISIS and the Al-Nusrah Front, following a landmark federal criminal case and recent legal developments under U.S. anti-terrorism law. The firm's investigation follows the 2022 guilty plea by Lafarge S.A. in U.
(AINA) -- "We have made a clean sweep of the Armenians and Assyrians of Azerbaijan" -- Those were the words of Djevdet Bey, the governor of Van Province in Ottoman Turkey, who on April 24, 1915 lead 20,000 Turkish soldiers and 10,000 Kurdish irregulars in the opening act of the genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks.
The Executive Council of the Kurdistan National Congress issued a statement on Friday, on the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which included, "In 1915, the Ottoman Empire and its allies committed a major genocide against the Christian peoples living in Mesopotamia and Anatolia. In addition, a large number of Yazidi Kurds lost their lives in this genocide.
The parliament of Sweden has hosted a remembrance event on the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide."Today in the Parliament we commemorated the Genocide 1915," MP Björn Söder said in a statement on social media. "The Genocide in the Ottoman Empire during World War I is often referred to as the Genocide 1915, the Armenian Genocide or, by especially Assyrians and Syrians, as Seyfo.
(AINA) -- Within Turkey's multilayered historical structure, the Assyrians constitute one of the most ancient peoples of Mesopotamia. They are not merely a religious community, but also one of the foundational elements carrying the cultural memory of Anatolian and Mesopotamian civilization.
New York (AINA) -- Tony S. Kalogerakos, Esq.--Injury Lawyers announced today that its New York office is investigating potential civil claims on behalf of individuals and families harmed by ISIS and the Al-Nusrah Front, following a landmark federal criminal case and recent legal developments under U.S. anti-terrorism law. The firm's investigation follows the 2022 guilty plea by Lafarge S.A. in U.
(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) -- The security situation in northern Syria has reached a critical stage. What was previously described as allegations is now substantiated by multiple field reports and security assessments confirming the existence of established tunnel networks linking Syrian territory with both Iraq and Turkey.
(AINA) -- Iraq is being dismantled deliberately. This destruction is not the result of fate, historical inevitability, or the diversity of its people. It is the outcome of calculated decisions made by political elites who chose loyalty to power, parties, and foreign patrons over loyalty to the Iraqi nation.
Ankara -- The Assyrian civilization recorded its history on clay tablets. Ancient Assyrian merchants, for example, documented their commercial and economic activities on these tablets. However, they also preserved other aspects of life, most notably the practice of blood money.
Although the Assyrian population of Iraq has declined dramatically this century, to below one per cent of the population, five of the 26-member national football squad that qualified for the soccer-mad country's first World Cup since 1986 are Assyrian Christians.