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Brussels- AINA — An administrative area for Assyrians on the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq, that was the demand conveyed by an estimated 5000 demonstrators on Saturday, April 19 outside the European Parliament in Brussels. Demonstrators came by buses from several European countries. The event which was organized by a …

By Afram Barryakoub North-iraq – AINA– The continuing turmoil in Iraq is preventing international from reaching Assyrians in the Nineveh Plains of north Iraq, which lay close to the restive city of Mosul. This conclusion is drawn by the Dutch fact finding mission that recently visited northern Iraq to investigate …

       Enschede (Holland) – Sayfo center — Afgelopen jaren zijn er vele activiteiten geweest omtrent Seyfo. Met Seyfo Centre als drijfkracht zijn er tal van lezingen gegeven in verenigingen en kerken aan het eigen volk, maar ook zijn er vele ontmoetingen geweest met en seminars gegeven aan relevante instellingen …

  By Kenneth R. Timmerman Jordan – newsmax — Christian refugees who lost everything when they fled their homeland in Iraq now face a new hurdle on their way to a new life. They are being told by the United States government that their refugee applications has been denied because …

        Södertälje(Sweden)- Assyriska — the Cinderalla Assyrian football team that returned to Sweden’s premiere league this year, won its first game, beating Qviding 2-1. Assyriska scored in the 3rd and 39th minute. Qviding scored its only goal late in the second half. Assyriska was founded in 1973. It …

          Syria – iwpr — As Assyrians celebrated their new year in Syria last week, an organisation representing this Christian minority expressed concern about attacks on members of their community in Iraq and called for more rights inside their own country. Assyrians, who are the second largest minority group …

By Anders Göransson    Södertälje – metro — this town alone takes more Iraqi refugees than the U.S. This was reported in Metro a year ago. The story made big headlines all over the world — and on Thursday mayor Anders Lago (Social Democratic Party) will give a speech to …

By Birgitta Elfström    Sweden – HN — Christians are being driven out of Iraq. That is a fact. Churches are systematically being bombed. Christian women are being raped and forced to convert to Islam. Young Christian men are being beheaded in front of cameras. As part of as scaremongering …

          Sweden – Hujada — VÄRLDEN Den assyriske prästen Youssef Adel mördades i en skottlossning idag i den irakiska huvudstaden Bagdad. Mordet är det senaste av flertalet attacker och mord på kristna och kristna ledare i landet. Omkring 12-tiden lokal tid färdades Youssef Adel, 40 år och präst i …

          BAGHDAD – AFP — Gunmen shot dead an Assyrian Orthodox priest near his house in central Baghdad’s Karrada neighbourhood on Saturday, security officials told AFP. Youssef Adel, a priest with Saint Peter’s Church, was killed by gunmen travelling in a car around noon (0900 GMT), they said. A …