Assyrian news

      Holland- Seyfocenter — Sabri Atman, representative of the Seyfo Center, has been invited to Greece to lecture about Seyfo- the genocide on Assyrians during the First World War. Apart from Assyrians and Armenians, also Greeks were murdered during Seyfo. Before Seyfo approximately 3 million Greeks lived in Turkey. …

In connection to the voting in the Swedish Parliament on June 11, 2008, regarding the four motions calling upon Sweden to recognize the 1915 Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. The Foreign Committee has advised rejecting the motions on the basis of “disagreement among researchers” and “the need of further research”.The Armenian …

      Syria – CNN — United Nations nuclear inspectors will visit Syria later this month to investigate allegations that the country was building a nuclear reactor at a site attacked by Israel last September, officials said. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s fact-finding mission will visit Syria from June 22 …

      Damascus – AsiaNews — He could have run away, saved himself, but he went to meet his destiny without fear. Fr Ragheed Gani, killed one year ago in Iraq, died because up until the very end he remained convinced that Christians should not be afraid, that “God’s house …

      Lebanon – FP/Naharnet — Parliament will meet on Sunday to elect army commander Gen. Michel Suleiman as President in a first step toward ending an often bloody 18-month standoff between rival political groups. Lawmakers will gather at 5:00 p.m. (1400 GMT) to cast their votes at a long-awaited …

      Beirut- AP — Michel Suleiman was sworn as Lebanon’s president Sunday after parliament elected him in long-delayed vote that was a key step toward restoring political stability. Celebratory gunfire and occasional explosions reverberated across the capital Beirut as news of Suleiman’s election was announced. In the general’s hometown …

Date: May 18th, 2008       Al-Dabbagh: The killer of Bishop Polus Faraj Rahho receives the death sentence   The government of Iraq Spokesman, Dr. Ali Al-Dabbagh announced today that the Iraqi Central Criminal Court has sentenced convict Ahmed Ali Ahmed (known as “Abu Omar”) to death because of …

      Washington- CASCA — The House of Representatives has shown its support for the plight of the Chaldean/Assyrian/Syriac people of Iraq by including $10 million in the House version of the Supplemental Appropriations Bill of 2008. This funding is in addition to the $10 million included in the Fiscal …

      New York- Neharnet — Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir has told the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council that Lebanon is in dire need of a president and stressed the necessity of non-interference in the country’s internal affairs. “All our constitutional institutions should be active and efficient. The …

      Wellington(New Zealand)- AINA — Ishak Ishak, 59, who came to New Zealand as a refugee from Iraq, had pleaded guilty to assaulting his daughter in April. In Wellington District Court yesterday Judge Susan Thomas sentenced him to come up for sentence if called upon within nine months. Judge …