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06-03-2021 This Thursday afternoon, June 3, 2021, a group of masked men abducted Mr. Husam Alkass in front of a shop in the city of Malikiyah (Derik), as he was riding in his car, where they beat him and put him in his car and took him to an unknown …

13-05-2021 The Syrian regime insists on holding presidential elections, on May 26, with the same means and methods that it has been practicing for decades against the will of the Syrian people, and with disregard to any national, political, and moral consideration toward the tragedy that is currently taking place …

24-04-2021 Statement on the 106th Anniversary of Sayfo On the twenty-fourth of April, every year, our Assyrian people invoke the memory of the genocide (Sayfo) that still lives in the conscience and memory of our people with all their appellations. This crime claimed hundreds of thousands of victims of our …

22-04-2021 On the twenty-second of April of 2013, the two Bishops on their way back to the city of Aleppo after failed attempt to liberate two Christian priests kidnapped by an armed group fighting in Syria, Archbishop John Ibrahim, Archbishop of Aleppo for the Syriac Orthodox, and Paul Yazji, Archbishop …

07-04-2021 The Fourth Grand Criminal Court in the state of Mardin (southeastern Turkey), in its session on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, sentenced the Syriac Assyrian monk Aho Beligan (Safar) resident of St. Jacob Monastery ( located at a remote mountain in Tur ‘Abdin region), to twenty-five months in prison for …

02-04-2021 The Babylonian – Assyrian New Year, Akitu, is a Syrian national holiday. National Coalition for Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, NCSROF. News Release: The political body of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces decided in its regular meeting on 3/30/2021 to recognize the Assyrian- Babylonian New …

31-03-2021   The Assyrian people in Syria and all over the world renew their connection to their ancient civilizational and heritage, as well as, their relationship with the mother-land through the celebration of a national holiday, April 1st, the Babylonian-Assyrian New Year (Akitu); thus continuing a rich legacy that is …

31-03-2021 The celebration of the Assyrian Babylonian New Year “Aketu” on the first of April of each year is a tradition and folk heritage for the Syriac Assyrians in their historical homeland Mesopotamia and Syria for thousands of years. It symbolizes the process of regeneration and rebirth, and reflects the …

22-03-2021 The Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the “National Coalition of Revolutionary and Opposition Forces”, Abdul Ahad Astifo, said that “the American position is very clear and firm toward the Assad regime’s presidential elections in the upcoming months.” He added in a statement to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that, “during …

14-03-2021 The Assyrian Democratic Organization honors the Syrian Revolution. Ten years ago, in mid-March of 2011 the Syrian people, with all its religious sects, national groups, and class diversity, revolted against their Government to get rid of the dictatorial regime and corruption with the hope to build a society where …