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Mr Yonatan Bet Kulya Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance    Syrian – ADO — In the occasion of successfully finishing the A.U.A 25th general conference, and electing you as a new secretary general of the AUA , the Assyrian Democratic Organization (Mtakasta) deeply congratulate you, and all our …

By Abdulmesih BarAbrahem    Tur Abdin, Turkey – AINA — The St. Gabriel Assyrian monastery, of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch, was established in 397 AD, hundreds of years before its neighboring villages of Yayvantepe, Eglence and Candarli were founded. During the reign of the Ottoman Empire the monastery …

  The 25th Worldwide Congress Jonkoping, Sweden September 4 – 7, 2008 Declaration      Jonkoping,Sweden – AUA — The 25th Worldwide Congress of the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) took place in Jonkoping, Sweden from September 4 through September 7, 2008 with the participation of Assyrian representatives from around the world. …

Charlie Butts    Mosul, Iraq – onenewsnow — A group representing persecuted Christians believes followers of Christ have good reason not to feel safe in Iraq. Recently, two Iraqi Christians were kidnapped and executed, although one family had paid ransom. Jonathan Racho of International Christian Concern is not surprised. “Following …

    Northern Iraq – AINA — In the village of Hamzie in northern Iraq, just a half hour drive south of the Iraqi-Turkish border, 23 Assyrian families line up for a package of food aid delivered by the Assyrian Aid Society. Most of them fled from the ethnic cleansing in …

By Karim Talbi    TEL ASQUF, Iraq – AFP — With Kalashnikovs slung over their shoulders, members of Iraq’s first Christian militia enforce one simple rule on the border of this little village: “Anyone not from Tel Asquf is banned.” This village in northern Iraq’s flash-point Nineveh province, frequently targeted …

UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Grand Central Station New York, NY 10017P.O.Box 5859Wiesbaden ( Germany) – ADO — To the Honorable Staffan de Mistura Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, UNAMI, We, the Undersigned, are writing to express our deepest concern and growing alarm at the deteriorating situation …

      Mosul, Iraq – AsiaNews — The Iraqi Christian community is again in the sights of Islamic fundamentalists in Mosul: today news came of the death of a 65-year-old doctor, Tariq Qattan, kidnapped recently by a terrorist group. AsiaNews sources say that his family had paid a ransom of …

      Baghdad – AINA — According to Iraqi television Al Iraqia, due to security improvements in Baghdad, 45 Assyrian Christian displaced families returned to their homes in a neighborhood of Dora, southwestern Baghdad. Neighborhood citizen and support councils in the area called on remaining displaced families to return. In …

      Stockholm – AINA — Ablahad Gallo Shabo is the latest bishop from the Syriac Orthodox Church to call for local self governance for the Assyrians in northern Iraq’s Nineveh plain. The prelate expressed his call for local self governance during an interview with Ishtar TV, which broadcasts from …