Munich -- The Higher Regional Court in Munich has convicted an Iraqi couple, both former members of the Islamic State (ISIS), of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes for their role in the enslavement and torture of two Yezidi girls from Shigur (Sinjar / Shengal) during ISIS's control of territories in Iraq and Syria. The court sentenced the husband, identified as H. S.
Israel has suspended a planned parliamentary vote that would have formally recognized the Assyrian Genocide 1915, which acknowledges only the Armenian victims, delaying a decision that many had viewed as a historic shift in Israeli policy and prompting renewed calls for equal recognition of the Assyrian and Pontic Greek genocides.
Assyrian communities across Beth Nahrin (Mesopotamia) and the diaspora celebrated the annual Nusardil holiday -- also known as the Feast of God and the Apostles -- with religious services, cultural festivities, and traditional water-splashing celebrations, bringing together families and children in an atmosphere of joy and fellowship.
A carved stone slab standing roughly six feet tall and bearing royal inscriptions from ancient Nineveh has given researchers new material to reconstruct how Neo-Assyrian kings built, marked, and later dismantled their monumental architecture.
Beirut -- Lebanese architect, historian and author Dr. Amine Jules Iskandar, president of the Maronite Union-Tur Levnon (Mount Lebanon), is calling for a renewed commitment to the Syriac language, arguing that its preservation is inseparable from safeguarding Lebanon's historical identity, Christian heritage and cultural continuity.
Baghdad -- Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi declared on Saturday, July 11, 2026, that facilitating the permanent return of displaced Iraqi Christian expatriates stands as a core national and governmental priority.