Assyrian news

      Mosul, Iraq – AINA — An Islamic group calling itself “The Battalion of Just Punishment, Jihad Base in Mesopotamia” has sent a letter to churches in Mosul. The letter (shown below and translated by AINA) threatens the Assyrians and asks them to refrain from cooperating with Americans, and …

      Fairfield, Australia – fairfieldadvance — The city’s Assyrian community will be celebrating in October, with a festival of Middle Eastern food and entertainment set for the long weekend. A group of friends from Fairfield is organising the first Assyrian-Australian Convention, in the hope of it becoming an annual …

By Charles Colson    Iraq – Prison Fellowship — In early June, the German television network ARD aired a film called “God and the World: The Persecuted Children of God.” The “children” referred to are Iraq’s largest Christian community: the Assyrians. While any attention to the plight of Iraqi Christians …

      Adýyaman(Turkey) – todayszaman — The 10th Great Ritual of the Syriac Kadim Community took place in the eastern Turkish province of Adýyaman on Saturday with the participation of Assyrians from Turkey and abroad. The ritual was conducted by the patriarchal vicar of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Turkey, …

      Istanbul- turkishdailynews — The Housing Development Administration of Turkey, or TOKI, has plans to build villa type houses in the southeastern province of Mardin in order to encourage the return of Syriacs [Assyrians], news agencies reported Wednesday. Although the Syriac community welcomed the project, they still harbor doubts. …

By Bernardo Cervellera    Amman – AsiaNews — Christians closed up in Islamic societies “as in a cage”; Christians as a presence to be eliminated from all of the Middle East; Christians made the scapegoat for the faults of the West; free (in Jordan) to hold in public all of …

      Tripoli(Libanon)- Naharnet — Heavy armed clashes between pro- and anti-government supporters raged in the northern city of Tripoli Monday despite stepped up efforts to end the fighting which killed six people and wounded 40 others. News reports said a mortar shell fell in the heart of Tripoli, hitting …

By Robin Harris    Ira – National Review Online — In Iraq the “surge” is working, but at the same time the Iraqi Christian community is dying. Hardly anyone seems to know, and those who know don’t seem to care. In former times, the violent persecution of Christians in a …

      VATICAN CITY- Zenit — Here is a statement regarding an informal meeting held in the United States between representatives of the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East, as a follow up to Assyrian Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV’s visit to Benedict XVI one year ago. COMMUNIQUE …

      Lebanon- Alnaharnet — Three people were killed and four others wounded in armed clashes that raged well into the early morning hours Tuesday in east Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley between pro- and anti-government supporters. News reports said rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and machine gunfire were used in the fighting that …