Diaspora Assyrians seeking to visit different parts of Assyria will soon have more travel options with the reopening of Mosul International Airport and the upgrade of Mardin’s airport to international status.
The return of Arbo’s historic Assyrian name was expected to be a moment of unclouded celebration. Instead, a newly installed multilingual road sign has revived long-standing fears about cultural encroachment and political symbolism in a region where identity has always been contested.
Five candidates backed by non-Assyrian parties have secured the Assyrian quota seats in Iraq’s elections, a result the Assyrian Democratic Movement denounces as a “confiscation” of Assyrians’ rights.
Assyrians in Iraq continue to face the occupation of their lands and properties, according to the latest report from the Hammurabi Human Rights Organization.
The governor of Midyat in southeast Turkey's Tur Abdin Region hopes a new housing project on the city’s outskirts will bring diaspora Assyrians back to invest.
The Kurdish group ruling the Gozarto Region claims its new textbooks aim to undo decades of Arabification. A closer look reveals they merely replace it with Kurdification.
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.