Construction has begun on a long-awaited sewage network serving the Assyrian villages in the Tur Abdin region of southeastern Turkey, following years of advocacy by local residents and Assyrian representatives in the diaspora.
Martin Manna, an Assyrian community leader from Michigan, home to the largest Assyrian community in the United States, has outlined several ongoing advocacy efforts aimed at securing political and economic support for Assyrians in the historic Assyrian homeland in Iraq.
The Assyrian Democratic Party unveiled a new monument dedicated to Assyrian martyrs in the center of Tal Tamr on Saturday, September 19, as the community gathered to commemorate those who lost their lives defending this Assyrian region.
After years of painstaking renovation, the bells rang today over Dayro du Slibo, the "Monastery of the Cross", as hundreds gathered to celebrate the official reopening of one of Tur Abdin's most extraordinary Assyrian villages.
A century after its official establishment, Qamishli remains one of the most important reminders of how Assyrians rebuilt their lives after the destruction of their ancestral communities in the Ottoman Empire.
Hundreds of members and supporters of three Assyrian political parties gathered in the Nineveh Plains town of Tel Keppe on Wednesday to protest what they described as ongoing demographic change, land seizures, and violations of property rights.
A growing number of Assyrians are returning to spend their summers reconnecting with family, heritage, and community. At the heart of this revival are the village bed-and-breakfasts that have become gateways home for Assyrians from across the diaspora.
The Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights has issued a statement condemning what it describes as arbitrary detention practices carried out by members of the Kurdish Asayish security forces in Qamishli, calling for the immediate release of four Assyrian detainees, including a German national.
Assyrian News Broadcasting (ANB) has announced that it has temporarily suspended publishing news on its Facebook page due to an ongoing dispute over the platform's media identity and intellectual property rights.
In a major policy announcement, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi declared that facilitating the return of Assyrians who fled the country during two decades of conflict is now a "national and government priority."
Assyrian political parties, civic organizations and community groups gathered outside the Duhok Governorate building on Monday to protest what they describe as the continuing seizure of Assyrian-owned lands in Northern Iraq.
