Iraq

The following is the official statement of the participating members of the Iraqi Opposition Groups:All participants agree that among their principle objectives regarding the future of Iraq are the following:— Enabling the Iraqi people to build a fully representative and democratic government that meets international standards, including free and fair …

Mr. Kanna’s strong and confident voice gave us great assurance that the Assyrian leadership is prepared for the uncertainty facing our people in the North and in Baghdad. Kanna: Greetings to your staff at Zinda Magazine and your readers wherever they may be. We are about to witness the greatest …

  He lives and works now in Damascus, seat of the Syriac Orthodox Church — a 1,500-year old institution that counts thousands of members in the United States. His prayers have focused lately on his hometown, Baghdad, and the 10,000 followers of his church living there. Candy-red prayer beads clicked …

“Iraq’s 1.2 million Assyrian Christians — remnants of the Assyrian empire and the only people who still speak Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ — are once again the victims of circumstances beyond their control,” reported the February 27th Japan Times. “Unlike the Kurds, the Assyrians are all but ignored …

  Re-affiliation or re-identification with Iraq is apparent on the World Wide Web, where a significant renegotiating of history, ethnicity and religion is visibly gathering momentum on dozens of “Iraqi” sites. There, particularist interpretations of history, culture and politics intersect with projections of national and “pre-national”groups, all of which have …

  This week several Assyrian organizations and churches are calling for public demonstrations in various cities across North America to demand equal rights for the Assyrians in a post-Saddam Iraq. Is your church or organization on this list? If not, then you should be calling your minister, club president, or …

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I will actually talk on a totally different subject. I would like to emphasize mainly the problem of Assyrians. So first of all, I would like to thank the Institute for allowing me this opportunity to present the vision of our Assyrian people in a …

About The Assyrian Christians in the Middle East & Iraq Today’s Assyrians are the direct descendants of the ancient Assyrian-Babylonian inhabitants of Mesopotamia, a land covering much of modern Iraq, Kuwait, southern Turkey, and Syria. They are predominantly Christian and are said to be the first people to accept the …

The women gathered not to mourn their losses, but to talk about rebuilding Iraq’s civil society and to identify solutions which would lead to freedom and democracy in Iraq. They were members of a panel at a seminar called “The Unheard Voices of Iraqi Women”, organised by the International Alliance …

The meeting, sponsored by an influential think tank close to the Bush administration, revealed that there are still very big disagreements among the opposition about how to restructure Iraq after a possible war. With President George W Bush increasingly talking about the need for regime change in Iraq, the debate …