MP Yonadam Kanna meeting with Knox Thames of the US State Department
Sat Dec 2
MP Yonadam Kanna (Secretary General of the Assyrian Democratic Movement) met with Knox Thames (US State Department Special Advisor for Religious Minorities) on Wednesday 29/11/2017. he meeting covered the overall situation of the religious minorities in Iraq and our Chaldean Syriac Assyrian people in particular. They discussed the political situation and its repercussions post-ISIS, benefits […]
Iraq’s Council of Ministers votes Mr. William Eshaya on the list of Ambassadors appointed by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Thu Nov 30
Iraq’s Council of Ministers voted on Tuesday November 28th on the list of Ambassadors appointed by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The list includes 28 candidates for the post of Ambassador, including one of our people, the Minister Plenipotentiary Mr. William Eshaya Odisho. The list will be approved in the Iraqi Council of Representatives […]
Assault on a girl in the town of Bartella by a PMU soldier
Thu Nov 30
Our sources from Bartella reported that a girl from the town has been attacked by a member of 30th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Unit. The girl, a member of our community, reported the act to judicial authorities. She filed a lawsuit against the accused offender and he is now detained on charges of harassment.A […]
Theft and vandalism at Christian cemetery and Syriac School in Enishkeh village in Duhok.
Wed Nov 29
A week ago, a group of unknown people vandalized a number of Christian graves in Enishkeh village of Dohuk Province. Then on Tuesday, November 28th, materials inside Enishkeh Syriac School were stolen as well. A source informed Zowaa. org that the group of unknown people stole the materials at Enishkeh Syriac School, security forces were […]
Nahla village experiencing continued encroachment on lands; Ninos Odisho presents the case as a violation of laws & regulations.
Wed Nov 22
A group of people from the Kurdish villages near Nahla have made a new transgression on one of the villages of our Chaldean Syriac Assyrian people in the area. The group trespassed on the lands of Keshkawa village in the Nahla area by building a house and an aquifer, and cultivated the land that was […]
Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court responds to requests for clarification of “other disputed areas” mentioned in Paragraph 2 of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution
Tue Nov 21
MP Imad Youkhana Yaqoo, Rapporteur of the Iraqi Council of Representatives sent a request to the Federal Supreme Court for the purpose of interpreting the term “other disputed areas” mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 140 of the Constitution in terms of: 1. Definition of the disputed areas. 2. What is the criteria in determining […]
AAS-Iraq supports our students with the beginning of the new school year
Sun Nov 19
With the start of the new academic year 2017 – 2018 in order to bring joy in the hearts of our students and support their parents. The Assyrian Aid Society, in cooperation with the International Christian Orthodox and International Lutheran Relief Societies (IOCC), distribute stationery to our students at various levels of study in the governorates […]
Iraqi Parliament’s Security & Defense Committee accuses Kurdish forces of arresting activists & citizens in the Nineveh Plain
Sun Nov 19
raqi Parliament’s Security & Defense Committee has accused Kurdish forces in the Nineveh Plain of carrying out arrests against activists & citizens without any legal justification. They are also calling on the central government to demand the control of the federal forces in Teleskof & Alqosh, and end the presence of the forces causing these […]
Meeting at the US Consulate Office in Erbil with MP Yacoob G Yaqo and Ashur Sargon discussing our IDPs
Thu Nov 16
The US Consul General in Erbil, Mrs. Cherie O’Leary, met with MP Yacoob Gewargis Yaqo (head of Al Rafedain bloc in the KRG Parliament) and Ashur Sargon (President of Assyrian Aid Society – Iraq) at the Erbil US Consulate Office on November 16, 2017. During their meeting, they discussed the general political situation in the […]
Kurdish Asayish forces arrest four young men from our community in Teleskof
Fri Nov 10
According to media sources, the Kurdish Asayish forces arrested four young men in the town of Tesqopa (Teleskof), Nineveh Plain on different and unclear charges in the last two days. Ankawa.com reported that the Kurdish security forces arrested the first young man [Q] on Thursday (November 9) morning. On the same day, another young man […]