More than three decades after the assassination of Assyrian politician Francis Yusuf Shabo, no individual has been prosecuted, despite longstanding allegations linking the killing to Kurdish political actors in northern Iraq.
Newly appointed Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi visited the Chaldean Patriarchate in Baghdad on 26 May to congratulate the newly elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Mar Paulos III Nona, following his confirmation by the Holy See and ahead of his official enthronement.
The Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) has issued a statement on Saturday condemning the reactivation of a controversial land distribution project and the legalization of informal settlements in the Tel Keppe District, in the Nineveh Plain Region.
Iraq’s Assyrian Suyana parliamentary bloc has called for fair political representation in the formation of the country’s next federal government, warning against efforts to sideline the Assyrian vote through political bargaining or power-sharing arrangements that ignore election outcomes.
An opinion piece published in 2025 in Newsweek titled “The Kurdification of Northern Iraq (Assyria)” put the spotlight on a long-standing and deeply sensitive debate about the status, rights, and future of the Assyrian people in northern Iraq.
In March 1993, Assyrian public schools were established in northern Iraq following the establishment of the no-fly zone, marking a historic milestone for the Assyrian people. For the first time, Assyrian children were able to receive a full education in Assyrian within the public school system.
Five Assyrian footballers–Aimar Sher, Kevin Yakob, Rebin Sulaka, Peter Gwargis, and Frans Putros–were part of the Iraq national team squad that secured qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, achieving the milestone on the same day as Akitu, the Assyrian New Year, in Monterrey.
A 46-year-old Assyrian woman was arrested in Iraq on the evening of Monday, 2 March 2026.
The woman, identified as Rana, lives in the Karrada area of Baghdad. She was reportedly taken into custody on Monday night, accused of celebrating the death of the leader of Iran.
The Nineveh Jobs initiative, launched by Assyrian charitable organisation Nineveh Rising, is seeking to address one of the most pressing challenges facing Assyrians in Iraq: the lack of employment.
The Alqosh Subdistrict Directorate has announced the launch of a large-scale environmental campaign aimed at reforesting Mount Alqosh, in a bid to restore its vegetation cover and transform the mountain into a vibrant green space overlooking the historic Assyrian town.
