Assyrian news

     North Iraq – AINA — A car bomb exploded earlier today in the Assyrian town of Baghdede in the Nineveh Plain, east of Mosul. No one was killed in the blast which left twelve people injured, two of them with seriously. The car bomb was close to one of …

By Gregg Krupa WEST BLOOMFIELD – detnews — A survey of the Chaldean community in Metro Detroit reveals that Chaldeans are far more populous than suggested by the U.S. Census Bureau and that both their income and the value of their homes is higher than the averages for southeastern Michigan. …

Mr Jacques Barrot Vice-President of the European Commission Responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security                                       European CommissionB-1049 Brussels, Belgium Ref: WT/150208/1/EU                                                                                                      10 November 2008   Dear Mr Barrot, Syrian human rights: the need for justice and freedom action It is widely acknowledged that the Syrian Arab Republic is a key player …

       Mosul/ Baghdad- worldmag — Armed militants killed Iraqi Christians Lamiaa Sabih Saloha and her sister Walaa Thursday morning in Mosul. The shootings took place just as many believed that violence directed at Christians in Iraq’s third largest city was subsiding and up to 200 Christian families who fled …

       Ankara- DPA — Four men who kidnapped an Assyrian-Christian priest in south-east Turkey last year were sentenced to 15 years imprisonment on Tuesday by a court in the city of Diyarbakir, the Turkish state-owned Anadolu news agency reported. Father Daniel Savci (56) was taken hostage in November 2007 …

  Sargon E. Sapper Glenview, Illinois – USA– It is said that no man plans to fail, he simply fails to plan. In fact, without a working plan and specific goals to achieve a project cannot prosper. In a peaceful and carefully planned manner, during the year 1971, Chaldeans, Syriacs, …

       Australia – AINA– Violence and persecution against minority groups in Iraq continues, including communities of Christians which have been in existence for over 1500 years. The Assyrian Church of the East, as one of the Churches most affected, has mobilised itself worldwide to call attention to the crisis, and …

       Erbil – krg — The following is an interview with Nechirvan Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdish regional government in North Iraq. Q: Despite significant gains in the security field, Iraq remains a dangerous place. While religious and ethnic tensions have lessened in key areas, the recent …

       Baghdad- aswat aliraq- The Iraqi parliament voted on Monday, November 3rd on the issue of reserved seats for the Assyrians, Yezidies, Shabaks and Mandeans. The final vote of the Iraqi parliament is a huge disappointment for the mentioned communities in Iraq. The political game by the majority groups …

       Sweden – AWB – an aid agency based in Sweden, is expanding its operations to outside of Sweden. AWB recently introduced an English version of their website. The goal is to reach beyond Sweden in their fund raising activities. “With our English website, we actively want to reach …