Assyria
Assyrian village selected as Best Tourism Village by UN body
The Assyrian village of Hah has been selected as one of Best Tourism Villages among 52 other villages around the world.
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Assyria
19 candidates vie for five Assyrian quota seats in Iraq's upcoming elections
While 19 candidates are competing for the five quota seats, Assyrian political parties are officially boycotting the elections in protest against the Iraqi government’s refusal to close a loophole that allows non-Assyrian groups to exploit their representation.
Politics
U.S. support for Kurds marginalizes Assyrians, activist leader says
Washington has empowered an ethno-nationalist project that marginalizes the indigenous population and enforces the kind of oppression the U.S. claims to oppose," an Assyrian political figure has argued.
Diaspora
Assyrian reliefs coming to Los Angeles Museum
Three monumental Assyrian reliefs will be on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2026.
Diaspora
New K–12 school to serve Sydney’s growing Assyrian community
A new K–12 Assyrian school will soon open to serve the growing community in western Sydney, becoming the third Assyrian-operated school in Australia.
Assyria
Analyst predicts Assyrian population of Tur Abdin Region could quadruple
Increased security and better economic opportunities, among other factors, could more than quadruple the Assyrian population of the Tur Abdin Region, predicts the Assyrian analyst Ilhan Aydin.
Culture
Assyrian wedding traditions - and how I ended up documenting them
A biology lab in Detroit, a content creator in Sweden and a Google document that didn't get deleted. This is both the story of how Andrew Rassam ended up documenting Assyrian wedding traditions - and his actual documentation.
Diaspora
Australia’s repatriation of ISIS female members sparks Assyrian outcry
Assyrian organisations in Australia have slammed the federal government over reports that a group of Australian Muslim women who went to live under the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) rule have returned to the country.
Assyria
Assyrian political party rejects exclusion of Akitu and Newroz from Syria’s list of official holidays
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.
Diaspora
Algerian national arrested in murder of Assyrian in Lyon
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.
Diaspora
Matthias Harman becomes second mayor of Assyrian background in Germany
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.
Assyria
Assyrian Democratic Organization denounces forced closure of Assyrian schools by Kurdish group
Two leading Assyrian organizations, the Assyrian Democratic Organization and The Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights, have denounced and condemned the closure of Assyrian schools in northeast Syria's Gozarto Region by Kurdish militants.