Assyrian news

By Mehmet Kalyoncu In this insightful essay reflecting on a recent trip to Turkey?s often ignored southeast, Turkish scholar Mehmet Kalyoncu makes the case for why the national interest lies with improving the rights of religious minorities such as the Assyrian Christians. Assyrian Metropolitan Samuel Aktas was anxiously pacing back …

At the beginning of the 21st century Assyrians began to apply for entry into the land register for their rightful land in Turabdin. Many Assyrians have been in the villages and tried to get their properties registered at the Turkish surveying office. This work, which Turkish authorities described as the …

AINA- Noorth iraq: In a public forum organized by the Kurdish Center for Human Rights on February 18th, 2006, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Minister of Human Rights discussed their latest findings of mass graves filled with hundreds of victims of the Saddam Hussein regime. The victims were mostly Kurds belonging …

  Ms Rice has also requested funds to back dissidents in Iran The US has announced it is to give $5m (?2.87m) in grants to pro-democracy groups in Syria. The funds are aimed at “accelerating the work of reformers”, a State Department statement said. A website has been set up …

All over the Muslim world people have demonstrated and even burnt down and attacked Danish and other European embassies. The first victims due to the paintings were the Assyrians/Syriacs of Iraq. Six churches belonging to this group have been attacked and three Christian Assyrians/Syriacs have been killed. The massive pressure …

In some of the media in the Moslem world they jeer at, or ridicule Jesus, Moses, Buddha or some other prophet almost every day.  I have never heard that anyone spit on, trampled or burned the flags of Arab nations because of this.  The religion that western society is based …

By Julie StahlCNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau ChiefFebruary 02, 2006 Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) – Palestinian militants angry over the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in European newspapers issued threats against Europeans on Thursday, while a Christian group said there may be a link between the Danish cartoons and a recent wave …

Sverige- expressen: Nu har de danska avbildningarna av profeten Muhammed sk?rdat sitt f?rsta liv. En person d?dades och fjorton skadades allvarligt n?r bomber briserade utanf?r sex kyrkor i Bagdad och Kirkuk p? s?ndagsmorgonen. Orsaken till attentaten ?r Jyllands-Postens teckningar av profeten Muhammed. Flera islamistiska organisationer har uppmanat till h?mndaktioner gentemot …

Baghdad- AFP: At least 20 Iraqis were killed in rebel attacks and bombings, including six coordinated car bombs set off near churches, while a roadside bombing wounded a US television news anchor and his cameraman. The latest rebel attacks Sunday came as the trial of ousted president Saddam Hussein was …

Baghdad- AP: ?Car bombs exploded in a synchronized spree of attacks outside at least four churches in Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk within a short period, killing at least three Iraqis and wounding nine, police said. Col. Birhan Taha said that three civilians were killed and one wounded …