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.
The Assyrian-American UFC star, known for his outspoken advocacy of Assyrian causes, is set for a pivotal match that could pave the way to a UFC lightweight title shot.
Assyrians continue to face both external pressures and internal divisions in Iraq, a senior member of the Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) said in a recent interview, emphasizing that the movement remains steadfast.
Donald Trump’s appointment of Assyrian-American Mark Savaya as Special Envoy to Iraq has led some to question whether it is connected to the sudden decision by Iran-aligned forces to reinstate the Nineveh Plain Protection Units (NPU).
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.
