Two leading Assyrian organizations, the Assyrian Democratic Organization and The Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights, have denounced and condemned the closure of Assyrian schools in northeast Syria's Gozarto Region by Kurdish militants.
A Turkish MP from a party with Islamic ideology has posed a question to the vice president asking why the construction of a mosque in the Assyrian village of Zaz has been stopped.
The Kurdish group in control of northeast Syria's Gozarto Region has once again closed down Assyrian schools by force in an attempt to impose its own curriculum.
Activists behind the initiative to establish what they call an Assyrian parliament believe they have taken a historic step. Critics, however, argue it is merely an old, failed formula in new clothing.
Assyrian-American activist Sam Darmo insists his visit to Northern Iraq will bring tangible benefits to the Assyrian people. Yet critics argue that the true beneficiaries are not the oppressed, but their oppressors.
The election of Professor George Razay to the Tasmanian Parliament marks both a personal milestone and a proud chapter for the Assyrian diaspora in Australia.
