Assyrian news

        Kirkuk, Iraq – alsumaria — Chaldean Catholic archbishop in Kirkuk Louis Saka warned of the campaign against Christians in Iraq according to internal and regional plans calling not to be drifted into injustice. Saka urged Christians to attach to their nation and peacefully struggle to mark their …

  By Erica Goode And Suadad Al-Salhy    BAGHDAD, Iraq – New York Times — Hundreds of Christians are fleeing Mosul in the wake of a string of killings that appear to be singling out Christians in the northern Iraqi city, where many had taken refuge from persecution in other …

        DAMASCUS – UPI — Two U.S. journalists were handed over to the U.S. embassy in Damascus late Thursday after being detained in Syria. Taylor Luck, 23, and Holli Chmela, 27, were to be returned to Jordan where they work for The Jordan Times, The New York Times …

        North Iraq – AINA — Kurdish officials in Dohuk, north Iraq blocked the Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) from staging a demonstration to protest the recently passed Iraqi election law1, which removed seats guaranteed for Assyrians and other minorities in provincial councils. Instead of granting permits to the …

  By Jennifer Gold    Mosul, Iraq – christiantoday — A senior lawmaker in Iraq spoke on Monday of the “urgent” need to resolve a dispute with the country’s tiny Christian community over the removal of a minority quota system in the provincial elections. Christians in Iraq, who number less …

George Weigel Newsweek Web Exclusive Oct 6, 2008 | Updated: 2:44  p.m. ET Oct 6, 2008   Between “gotcha” questions and the ubiquitous gaffe-watch, there hasn’t been much serious moral debate in the endgame of this presidential campaign. In fact, there hasn’t been a serious exploration of the moral kernel of so many of …

        Baghdad, Iraq – DPA — Three Christians have been killed in the space of 24 hours in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported Wednesday. A man and his father were both shot dead Tuesday at their workplace, while extremists forced their way …

        Baghdad, Iraq – UPI — Iraqi Christians are growing concerned over their diminishing political voice in the country as their rights of representation fade, officials said. Several Iraqi lawmakers, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, have expressed concern over the decision to exclude minority representation in the provincial …

        Los Angeles- AINA — On Sunday October 5, 2008, the Assyrian community of Southern California gathered at the Federal Building in Westwood to take a stance against the Iraqi Parliament’s recent removal of Article 50. Ms. Rosie Malek-Yonan delivered the following speech at the rally that was …

        DAHUK, Iraq – UPI — Thousands of Iraqi Christians took to the streets in the north of the country, calling for autonomy in response to exclusion by the provincial elections law. The Iraqi Parliament in September passed a version of the provincial elections law that did not …