The ancient civilizations of the classical world inspire admiration, whether we think of the elaborate monuments of ancient Egypt, the academic achievements of classical Greece, or the domination of ...

Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem, head of the Syriac Orthodox Church. Syria's Christian minority continues to face an uncertain future decades into the country's conflict and political upheaval, according to ...

Historical photo of Assyria, Michigan. (AINA) -- Halfway northeast between Kalamazoo and Lansing is a very small town called Assyria, which has earned the claim of being on the ten most haunted places ...

The webinar, titled "Non-Violent Struggles for Peoples' Rights: Lessons from History and Today," featured compelling testimonies from communities that have chosen peaceful resistance over armed ...

Sarnaya, a wheelchair user originally from Ankawa in Iraq's Kurdistan Region and living in Lyon since 2014, was stabbed in the neck by three hooded attackers who fled the scene. Witnesses reported ...

The Syriac Orthodox Church has denounced the Syrian Democratic Forces for shutting down Christian schools in northeastern Syria, insisting that they will only teach the official internationally ...

As the Assyrian Democratic Organization, we express our disappointment and rejection of the omission of national festivals belonging to Syria's various communities -- particularly Akitu, which ...

During the meetings, several key issues were discussed, including the security concerns of the Assyrian people, the effectiveness of humanitarian aid activities provided to them and their communities, ...

The trade is sustained by craftsmen like Akram Ilyas Yaqub, who works by hand using techniques he says were passed down from Assyrian ancestors. The coats, known as frawi, are valued not only as ...

Patriarch Sako welcomed US President Donald Trump's initiative to end the war in Gaza and restore peace and stability to the region. He further appealed for US support to help Iraq regain its footing ...

Loneliness, a key factor in wellbeing, is under-researched within migrant communities. This study examines loneliness among the Assyrian-Australian diaspora, an ethnoreligious group with a prolonged ...

A semitic peoples indigenous to North Iraq; builders of the great Mesopotamian civilizations; ethnically distinct from Arabs and Jews (the other semitic peoples of the region). Assyrians are ...