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By Meghan Walsh USA – The Arizona Republic — About 100 people gathered in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday to advocate for the rights of Iraqi Christians and raise awareness about the religious and ethnic attacks occurring in the region. Protesters stood in front of Phoenix City Hall, holding signs …
Read More »Archaeologists Uncover Assyrian Palace in Turkey
By Petra Giegerich Turkey – idw-online — Within the scope of an international rescue excavation project, a team of four archaeologists specialized in Middle Eastern affairs headed by Dr. Dirk Wicke (Institute of Egyptology and Ancient Oriental Studies) have unearthed parts of a Neo-Assyrian governor’s palace dating back to …
Read More »Christians Being Driven Out of Mosul for Political Reasons: Chaldean Bishop
Kirkuk- AsiaNews — Since the beginning of October, Mosul has seen yet another wave of violence against Christians. The city and the community of the faithful have already paid a high price in blood in the past, with the killing of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, Fr. Ragheed Gani, …
Read More »Assyrian Bishop Condemns Mosul Violence, Calls for Administrative Unit
Stockholm – AINA — The Archbishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Scandinavia, His eminence Gallo Shabo, condemned the recent killings of Assyrians in Mosul and renewed his call for the establishment of an administrative unit for the non-Muslim Iraqi minorities in the Nineveh Plain, east of Mosul. …
Read More »Iraqi MP Calls for International Investigation of Christian Killings in Mosul
Baghdad – AINA — Iraqi MP Yonadam Kanna called on Sunday for an international investigation of the recent targeted killings in Mosul against the Assyrian minority. According to Newsmatique, Kanna said “If the Iraqi security service is unable to disclose which group pushed these terrorists to force the …
Read More »Lebanese Christians Declare Solidarity With Iraqi Christians
Beirut – azzaman — Many Lebanese political parties and parliamentarians called on the Eastern Bishops to hold an emergency meeting to condemn the campaign of assassinations and displacements the Christians are being subjected to in Mosul. Meanwhile, the head of the Lebanese Christian Democratic Union, representative Ni’mat Allah …
Read More »Iraq’s Church Leaders Plead For Help In Mosul
ISTANBUL – compassdirect — Amid escalating violence against Christians, Iraqi church leaders have appealed directly to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for increased efforts to curb the continuing attacks in Mosul. In a meeting with Al-Maliki, 10 heads of Iraqi churches urged the prime minister on Thursday (Oct. 16) …
Read More »ADO youth committees in Syria hold their annual meeting
Syrian – ADO — The Assyrian Democratic Organization youth committees held their fifth annual meeting on Sunday October 5th 2008 , in the northern Syrian village of Watwetiye, 5 km west of Qamishli. Started at 11 am with a national anthem , the meeting was attended by almost …
Read More »Six Arrested for Attacks on Assyrian in Mosul
Mosul – AINA — A spokesman for Iraq’s defense ministry confirmed on Friday the capture of six men suspected of perpetrating attacks on the Assyrians in Mosul. Sources have told AINA that four suspects are residents of the Kurdish region and are affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party …
Read More »The Destruction of Christianity in Iraq Since the American Invasion
By Lee J. Walker Mosul – The Seoul Times — The American invasion was meant to install democracy and fresh hope. However, democracy is a long way away and secular law, which protected the rights of Christians, women, minorities, and others, during the reign of Saddam Hussein, was replaced …
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