The Assyrian Democratic Organization
Central Valley Chapter – AAS ++ The Assyrian Aid Society of America (AAS) Central Valley Chapter will present the third annual Mesopotamian Night concert on Saturday, August 15 in the Rogers Theater at the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto, California. The concert is part of AAS-A’s continuing …
Read More »Syriac Leader Renews Communion With Rome
VATICAN CITY – zenitorg ++ The patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians expressed today to Benedict XVI his wishes for just peace in Iraq, reconciliation in Lebanon and the Holy Land, and the end of the Christian exodus from the Middle East. His Beatitude Ignace Youssif III Younan was …
Read More »Mesopotamian Night 2009: Celebrating Assyrian Culture
Central Valley Chapter – AAS ++ The Assyrian Aid Society of America (AAS) Central Valley Chapter will present the third annual Mesopotamian Night concert on Saturday, August 15 in the Rogers Theater at the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto, California. The concert is part of AAS-A’s continuing …
Read More »Iraqi Assyrian soccer Ammo Baba David legend Dies
Dohuk, North Iraq – AINA ++ Iraqi Assyrian soccer legend Emmanuel Baba David, born November 27, 1934 in Baghdad Iraq, died yesterday in Duhok, Iraq. Better known as "Ammo Baba" (uncle Baba), he was coach of the Iraqi National Football Team. He scored the first international goal for Iraq in …
Read More »Assyrian Politician Detained, Threatened By Kurdish Security in Iraq
Telkepe, North Iraq – AINA ++ An Assyrian political activist, Hazim Zori, member of the Telkepe district council, ranking member of the Assyrian Democratic Organization and member of the Hammurabi Human Rights Group, was detained by Kurdish security forces, known as Asayesh, on may 14, 2009. According to Mr. Zori, …
Read More »EU Parliament Candidate Supports Assyrians in Iraq
Enschede, Holland – Assyrie ++ On May 17th, 2009, Esther de Lange spoke about her activities with the Assyrian Association in Enschede (Netherlands). These were not the usual words of a politician, campaigning for the upcoming EU Parliamentary elections.. She spoke, rather, about the "Assyrians in Iraq" conference which she …
Read More »Assyrian Soldier Struggles With Injury
WASHINGTON – Fresnobee Abraham Odisho has hobbled several steps closer to home. But the grievously wounded Iraq War veteran still is several hundred miles away from the Modesto neighborhood where he grew up. He still hasn’t received his new prosthetic leg, for which he was recently fitted. Over the Memorial …
Read More »Guest Editorial: Genocide and Repentance
By Nuri Kino Stockholm – aina ++ His father was one of the perpetrators; he is the first to ask for forgiveness through action Four Kurdish men gathered a group of Christian female survivors in the cathedral’s yard. They pointed their weapons at the women while forcing them to carry …
Read More »Christian Monastery in Turkey Wins Back Land
ISTANBUL – Reuters ++ One of the world’s oldest functioning Christian monasteries has won a legal battle to have land it had owned for centuries restored to it, after a Turkish court ruled on Friday it could not be claimed by the state. The dispute over the boundaries of Mor …
Read More »Assyrian Monastery in Turkey Wins First Legal Battle
Reporting by Nuri Kino Tur Abdin, Turkey – AINA ++ The St. Gabriel Assyrian monastery, in Mardin, Turkey, won the first of three court cases today. The dispute centered over land owned by the monastery and three surrounding villages. The Turkish state brought the case against the monastery on behalf …
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