Assyrian news

      Brussels — Members of the Damascus Declaration for National Democratic Change coalition group will be holding a conference in the European Parliament in Brussels. Entitled “Syria in Transition”, the conference will be held on Tuesday 13 May starting at 10am and will continue for the rest of the …

      BEIRUT- AP — Shiite supporters of Iranian-backed Hezbollah and Sunni supporters of Lebanon’s U.S.-backed government have clashed for a second straight day as the sectarian confrontations in Beirut spread to other parts of the country. The rival sides exchanged gunfire in the village of Saadnayel in eastern Lebanon’s …

      Los Angeles – AINA — Rosie Malek-Yonan, author of The Crimson Field who serves on the Board of Advisor at Seyfo Center Europe and U.S. was invited to send a statement regarding genocide to be read at the House of Lords on 12 March 2008, chaired by Lord …

      London – AINA — Assyrian genocide scholar Sabri Atman addressed the British House of Commons on the Turkish genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks in World War One. The genocide claimed 750,000 Assyrians (75%), 1.5 million Assyrians and 400,000 Greeks. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am an Assyrian! I …

      Stockholm(Sweden)- AINA — It’s mission accomplished for Anders Lago, the mayor of the Swedish town of Södertälje. He has gone from an unknown mayor of a Stockholm suburb to a world voice on Iraqi refugees after his recent and well covered visit to the U.S, which was prompted …

Brussels- AINA — An administrative area for Assyrians on the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq, that was the demand conveyed by an estimated 5000 demonstrators on Saturday, April 19 outside the European Parliament in Brussels. Demonstrators came by buses from several European countries. The event which was organized by a …

By Afram Barryakoub North-iraq – AINA– The continuing turmoil in Iraq is preventing international from reaching Assyrians in the Nineveh Plains of north Iraq, which lay close to the restive city of Mosul. This conclusion is drawn by the Dutch fact finding mission that recently visited northern Iraq to investigate …

       Enschede (Holland) – Sayfo center — Afgelopen jaren zijn er vele activiteiten geweest omtrent Seyfo. Met Seyfo Centre als drijfkracht zijn er tal van lezingen gegeven in verenigingen en kerken aan het eigen volk, maar ook zijn er vele ontmoetingen geweest met en seminars gegeven aan relevante instellingen …

  By Kenneth R. Timmerman Jordan – newsmax — Christian refugees who lost everything when they fled their homeland in Iraq now face a new hurdle on their way to a new life. They are being told by the United States government that their refugee applications has been denied because …

        Södertälje(Sweden)- Assyriska — the Cinderalla Assyrian football team that returned to Sweden’s premiere league this year, won its first game, beating Qviding 2-1. Assyriska scored in the 3rd and 39th minute. Qviding scored its only goal late in the second half. Assyriska was founded in 1973. It …