The Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO) has objected to the Syrian government’s decision to exclude the Assyrian New Year and the Kurdish New Year from the country’s list of public holidays.
French and Italian authorities have confirmed the arrest of an Algerian national believed to be implicated in the killing of the Assyrian Ashur Sarnaya in Lyon.
German-Assyrian Matthias Harman has been elected mayor of the town of Ahlen in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia region - making him the second mayor in Germany with an Assyrian background.