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Ceremony marking the completion of the first phase of The Assyrian Journey Film

Wed Jan 3

Director Frank Gilbart announced the completion of the first phase of filming the long narrative film, The Assyrian Journey, which represents and embodies the immortality of the martyrs Yousip, Youbert, and Youkhana. This took place in a ceremony attended by governmental officials, church clergy, and actors, under the slogan “by the holy blood of our […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

UNAMI promises to review cases of transgression on our people’s lands

Tue Nov 7

Ruwaida AlHaj (Human Rights Official of UNAMI) assured our representatives that they would follow up with the transgression issue on the lands and villages of our Chaldean Syriac Assyrian people in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, this will be done through field visits to the villages and meetings with officials in authority to end the […]

World leaders stand up for former IS captive at WYF

Tue Nov 7

World leaders and participants at Egypt’s World Youth Forum stood up to give young Yazidi activist Lamiya Aji Bashar a heartfelt round of applause Sunday. Bashar, 19, was kidnapped from her Yazidi village, Kojo, and enslaved by the Islamic State group (IS) in Iraq for 20 months, sold several times in Iraq, Syria, and back […]

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