Award-winning Assyrian-American journalist Joe Snell has released Our Assyrian Story, a collection of reporting from Assyria documenting the struggle of an ancient nation to preserve its identity amid persecution, land encroachment, and forced assimilation.
The systematic marginalization of Assyrians in northern Iraq was openly broadcast when a Kurdish television channel aired a report on land-grabbing of Assyrian lands, while simultaneously portraying Assyrians as “Christian Kurds,” reflecting a broader pattern of ethnic denial.
The Swedish government is currently investigating a proposal to revoke stay permits for immigrants. Many Assyrians who sought refuge the past ten years could face difficulties.
The killing of Assyrian colonel Zaid Jirjis was not motivated by sectarianism or terrorism but personal disputes, according to Iraq's ministry of interior.
Dozens of Assyrian graves were vandalized in Shaqlawa, near Erbil, in mid December, marking the latest incident in a string of Kurdish attacks against Assyrian cemeteries and churches in northern Iraq.
Launched in 2023, Chicago’s Assyrian language program has grown into a four year high school offering, as advocates now work to replicate the model in California.
The Assyrian American Chamber of Commerce used its “Christmas Revival” event in Chicago to signal a renewed push to strengthen Assyrian economic and communal life, marking what leaders describe as a new chapter for the organisation.
