Assyrian news

        Mosul – ESNA — A statement by an Islamic group that calls itself the Islamic Emirate of Mosul threatened to kidnap or kill all Christians, whether Students or employees, in Mosul University if they did not leave the university campus in three days. According to the statement that …

  By Patrick Poole US – americanthinker — From Nigeria to Indonesia, Christians are under siege in virtually every single country in the Muslim world, the victims of countless acts of discrimination, depredation, brutality, and murder that are so widespread and systematic that it can rightfully be called the new …

        Mosul – ESNA — A statement by an Islamic group that calls itself the Islamic Emirate of Mosul threatened to kidnap or kill all Christians whether Students or employees in Mosul University if they did not leave the university campus in three days. According to the statement that …

  By Sabina Casagrande Turkey – dw-world — A study at Cologne University has revealed that Turkish attitudes differ significantly from those of EU nationals when it comes to freedom of religion and gender equality. But this could change if Turkey joined the EU. Citizens in practically all EU nations …

  By Dan Cortez Iraq – Detroit Free Press — When word spread of the shooting deaths of a priest and several other religious leaders in Iraq, metro Detroit’s large Chaldean community decided to mobilize. More than 1,000 Chaldeans and others gathered at the Southfield Civic Center on Saturday afternoon …

   Damascus – AFP — Syria on Sunday took aim at Washington’s latest measures against the Damascus regime after the White House barred a number of Syrians and Lebanese accused of destabilising Lebanon from entering the United States. The ban announced Friday comes as administration of US President George W. …

   Beirut – AP-AFP-Naharnet — U.S.-led forces have arrested an Iranian-controlled Hizbullah agent in Iraq, where he was training extremists, a U.S. general said Monday, accusing Iran of using the Lebanese group as a “proxy” to arm Shiite militants in the war-torn country. A senior Hizbullah operative, Ali Moussa Dakdouk, …

  By Michael Howard Ankara – The Guardian — Turkey has prepared a blueprint for the invasion of northern Iraq and will take action if US or Iraqi forces fail to dislodge the guerrillas of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) from their mountain strongholds across the border, Turkey’s foreign minister …

   Damascus – VOA — A state-run Syrian newspaper is strongly criticizing former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s appointment as the international envoy to the Middle East. The Syrian newspaper Tishrin said in an editorial Saturday that the former Prime Minister is a “man of war” and can not serve …

  By Sahar al-Haideri *Mosul, Iraq — The blood of Nasir Abdullah Khalil, 55, seeped into a pool of milk as it drained from his body. The walls of his dairy shop in Mosul’s al-Darkazliyyah neighbourhood were spattered with blood, and yoghurt and milk had leaked all over the floor. …