Students were able to return to school on Monday, November 3, after the Kurdish entity in control of the Gozarto Region was forced to back down from imposing its curriculum, following widespread opposition.
With the second and third generations of Assyrians coming of age in Australia, the increasingly well-established community is turning its focus toward entrepreneurship.
Assyrian language education took center stage during a seminar in Sydney as five schools arranging extracurricular courses met to discuss ways to improve their work.
Leaders from Australia’s Assyrian institutions met with government ministers to urge resettlement for displaced Assyrians. Their appeal comes amid growing calls to support returns to Assyria instead.