Iraq

  With the progress of events in the Middle East, namely Iraq, Assyrians find themselves on a crossroad. A crossroad that will have great impact on their future, in fact selecting the correct road will be very decisive, because it will either mean the continuation of the Assyrian race, or …

In particular, one of the ancient ethnic groups in Turkey and Iraq, the Assyrians/Syriacs, is near the point of extinction. Before the Gulf War 1,5 million Assyrians/Syriacs populated Iraq. Today this number has decreased to 0.5 million inhabitants. There are currently estimated 10-15,000 Assyrians/Syriacs left in Turkey. The Assyrian/Syriac people …

The dispatch is featured at National Review Online and according to its editors, it was originally posted at Zenit.org, a religious news service. Iraq needs help from outside to be ”reborn,” says Chaldean Bishop Rabban Al-Qas of Amadiyah, in northern Iraq. During Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship, this region of Iraqi Kurdistan …

Before the war, the Oro family ran a popular entertainment empire, serving alcohol in their restaurants and shops. Now, an Islamic fatwa declares that no one should trade in alcohol on pain of death. The big casino and dance hall that was once the flagship of the family’s 15-strong property …

  Like so many problems in the re-birth of states wounded by dictatorship — Eastern Europe is a good example — Iraq’s difficulties have deep historical roots. To blame everything on the heavy-handedness of the Americans is too simplistic and shallow, even if their mistakes have, indeed, been legion. Iraq …

The Plenary Session, convened in the main hall of the heavily guarded Sheraton hotel, attracted a very large crowd of mainly Assyrians and Chaldeans, as well Syriacs from Syria and Lebanon, and members of Mtakasta (ADO), who have been very active in planning this conference and taking responsibility of the …

  Archbishop Shlimon Wardoni, the Patriarchal Vicar of the Chaldean Catholic Church, stated in the opening ceremony that the aim and goal of the heads of churches and sects in Iraq is to establish Independent Church Council. In that Council, all Christians will work together in order to unify their …

Judge Sadeq was nominated to be the presiding Judge for the entire city of Mosul. Further information regarding the cold-blooded murder of Judge Sadeq will follow. At this time, our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Judge Sadeq and we hope that the perpetrators of this hideous …

A very important question here is: Is this messy issue today really about the name or is it about the control of the Church of the East. The Chaldean Catholic Church synod failed to elect a patriarch in Baghdad for the first time in its 173-years history, as it left …