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A guard at the St. Bahnam and Sheik Matti Syriac Orthodox Church in the capital’s Doura neighborhood said the militants drove up in a pickup truck. “They were all armed,” said Khalaf Enad. “They quickly poured out of the car, pointed their weapons at me and said ‘Get in.’ They …

Assyriska, who have climbed from the lowest Swedish divisions, thought their premier league dreams had been crushed on Sunday when they lost their promotion playoff against Orgryte in the dying minutes of the second. But a football association decision to strip cash-strapped Orebro of its premier league licence is likely …

Ancient Mesopotamia was religiously diverse and polytheist.? Some of its history is recorded in the Old Testament.? Nineveh, near the modern city of Mosul, was the capital of the Assyrian Empire, which conquered Israel in 722 BC.? Approximately a century later? the Assyrians were themselves conquered by the Babylonians whose …

An Assyrian man named Ibrahim Nasim Abdul-Ahhad owns a coffee shop in the neighborhood. About 2 weeks ago, the members of this Arab family had an internal fight in the family. Some of their men went to coffee shop of this Assyrian man and sat their playing cards and drinking …

Background A personal conflict between an Arab Muslim from the al-Radhi family and an Assyrian Christian from the Abraham family culminated in the murder of an Assyrian man on October 16. The Arab member of the Al-Radhi family enlisted the aid of members of his family and klan, including an …

On October 16 Naseem Abraham, a 35 year old married Assyrian man, was murdered; his friend Yalda Yacoub was shot when he attempted to help him and subsequently died at the hospital (story). Representitives of the Assyrian Democratic Organization in Syria have stated that more arrests are expected.   © …

When Yalda Yacoub (25 years old), Naseem’s friend, rushed to attend to his friend, he was prevented from do so, attacked and injured as well. He was transferred to the hospital in Damascus. What aggravated the situation today (Sunday), as explained by Mr. Sulaiman Yousuf a member in the Political …

When Naseem’s friend Yalda Yacoub, aged 25, rushed to attend to his friend, he was prevented from do so, attacked and shot. He was transferred to the hospital in Damascus. Yalda Yacoub died on the same day at the hospital. Mr. Sulaiman Yousuf, a member in the Political Bureau of …

“Those who come now say it’s getting worse day by day. Christians cannot go out to work, to shop or to pray without risking their lives,” said one Iraqi man. On a recent October evening, families sat on plastic chairs in the darkened street and spoke quietly of their experiences. …