The Assyrian Democratic Organization
US – AFP — The United States on Friday criticized the Syrian government for what it called harsh sentencing of seven young democrats and sought their immediate and unconditional release. The seven defendants, in their 20s, were sentenced to between five and seven years in jail for “exposing …
Read More »8 Kidnapped Assyrians Freed in North Iraq
By Peter Lamprecht * ISTANBUL – CDN — Christian university students and faculty kidnapped two days ago on their way home from exams at Mosul University were released today, an Iraqi satellite TV channel reported. According to Ashtar TV, two university teachers and six students from the predominantly Syrian …
Read More »Cardinal Kasper On the Assyrian Church
VATICAN CITY – zenit — There are signs of new hope that relations with the Assyrian Church of the East are advancing, says Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Cardinal Kasper met Thursday with Catholicos Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV, head of the …
Read More »Assyrians Better Off in a ‘Ghetto’ Than Being Slaughtered in Baghdad
The Christian Assyrians have been the ones worst affected among all the ethnic groups in Iraq despite the relatively small size of the community. The inferno in Iraq has evolved into a systematic mass murder on the Christian Assyrians. On June 8th 2007 a historical meeting was held between two …
Read More »Army Ends Nahr al-Bared Operation, Declares Victory Over Terrorists
Beirut- Naharnet — Defense Minister Elias Murr declared victory over Fatah al-Islam terrorists, saying the month-long military operation has ended but that the siege of the northern Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared will continue until the militants surrendered. “The military operations in Nahr al-Bared camp have ended, …
Read More »Pope worried for Christians in Iraq
By Alessandra Rizzo VATICAN CITY- AP — Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday he was greatly concerned about the fate of Christians in Iraq, returning to a theme he discussed with President Bush earlier this month. The pope also denounced the slaying of a Catholic priest in Iraq as a …
Read More »Pope Tells Assyrian Patriarch Christians in Iraq Must Work Together
VATICAN CITY- CNS — The small Christian communities heroically remaining in Iraq must work together, and assist and support each other, Pope Benedict XVI told the patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. “The” Today, tragically, Christians in the region are suffering both materially and spiritually,” the pope …
Read More »Eight Assyrian Students, Teachers Kidnapped in North Iraq
Mosul(Iraq) – AINA — An unidentified armed group kidnapped eight Assyrian Christian students and teachers returning home to the Nineveh Plain from Mosul university Wednesday afternoon. The students of the Nineveh Plains travel on church provided community buses that transport them daily to school. One of the buses …
Read More »Two Christians Killed in Iraq
Rome- AS — Two Christians have been killed and eight others kidnapped around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the site of other Christian murders earlier this month, the Catholic news agency Asianews reported on Wednesday. The latest killings took place on Tuesday in the same neighbourhood where …
Read More »Catholic Relief Services Assists Iraqi Refugees In Syria, Lebanon
Baltimore- CRS — Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will provide assistance to Iraqi refugees living in Syria and Lebanon, thanks to nearly $2 million dollars from the US Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, and more than half a million dollars in private funds. The rapid escalation of sectarian …
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