Murad Ismael, newly elected as the first independent Yazidi MP in Iraq, is calling for formal recognition of Yazidis as a distinct ethnicity, challenging Kurdish efforts to label the community “Yazidi-Kurds.”
The Swedish government has signaled a notable change in its foreign policy following a recent visit to Syria by Sweden's minister for International Development Cooperation Benjamin Dousa and Foreign Trade minister Johan Forsell.
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 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.
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.
