Sydney -- In the lead-up to the 110th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Parramatta City Council officially recognised the Ottoman Empire's 1915-1923 crimes against Christian Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks as Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).
As peace is restored across southeastern Turkey, Chaldeans, Catholic Assyrians who were forced to leave their village in the 1990s due to terrorist attacks, are returning in growing numbers to their ancestral home at the foot of Mount Cudi in the Silopi district of Şırnak province.
(Reuters) -- Two U.S. Congress members landed in Damascus on Friday to meet Syrian officials, the first visit by American lawmakers to the war-ravaged country since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power by an Islamist-led rebel offensive in December. The two are U.S.
For nearly 2,000 years, Near East Christian communities have used Syriac, an Aramaic dialect, as their liturgical and cultural language. Over the centuries, they produced an extensive corpus of manuscripts that included passages from biblical texts, philosophical treatises, classical literature and theological commentaries, whose purpose often remains obscure to modern scholars.
A UK-EU parliamentary delegation visited northeastern Syria (Rojava) to discuss the region's political future and constitutional process in post-Assad Syria with local officials. During their meeting with prominent Kurdish diplomat Ilham Ahmed, the delegation focused on inclusive participation in Syria's new constitution and the escalating humanitarian impact of Turkish attacks.
The Federation of Pontian Associations of Australia has warmly welcomed and commended the recent statements made in the Victorian Parliament by Members of Parliament Chris Crewther, Ann-Marie Hermans, and Kim Wells, recognising the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Genocides.