Monthly Archives: January 2012

Syriac citizens in Mardin celebrated Christmas with a ceremony held at the fifth-century Orthodox Kırklar church…

by Joseph Mahmoud Bishop Sako and his aides are safe. The terrorists were from Baghdad. Two are killed and one arrested.…

Ghalioun responding to Assad’s delusional speech Top Stories • Eleven Arab League observers were wounded when pro-Assad demonstrators attacked their convoy.…

By BROOKE ANDERSON | Special to the Wall Street Journal Europe ANKAWA, Iraq—It is commonly known as the language of Jesus and is the root of…

By Rakan al-Fakih The Daily Star   Hermel’s Mar Maroun monastery is carved out of rock near the source of the Orontes (Assi) River.…

By MIKE ISAACS In only three years, Coming Together in Skokie feels like a staple event in the village,…

We read this week (well, heard in the Jim Weiss audiobook) about Ashurbanipal, the tyrant who enjoyed hunting lions in his spare time. Secretly,…

“Malek Rama: The Handsome Prince” is a musical based on poems of the late Rabi Hannibal Alkhas. This musical is commissioned and sponsored the Assyrian Aid…

Hema Syriac Orthodox Christians and Ahbash communities celebrate within the Eastern Christian Christmas in the Church of the Nativity.…

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For Alexander Maminev, it must have been a Christmas unlike any in his life. The interior of the Church was mildly stuffy,…

ZAMAN, Ä°STANBUL Syriac families who fled to Europe starting in the 1980s due to instability caused by…

The Executive Committee of the Syrian National Council (SNC) met on Tuesday, 3 January 2012 to discuss the draft resolution containing preliminary ideas on the…

by Elizabeth H. Prodromou and Nina Shea The following article appeared in The Hill on August 26, 2011. To access the original…

By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi What’s accounts for clear examples of their strong loyalty to Islamic regimes?…

Detroit’s Chaldean community fears for Middle East Christians By Sarah Cwiek The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and Arab Spring revolutions have meant a…

KURDIU (Akre): Today in the morning a delegation of Akre centre of Kurdistan Islamic union that consisted of “Bahzad Darwesh” the official of the centre,…

By aliwaqas1 Assyrian wedding rituals have a rich history of about 3000 years. The today’s modern Assyrian rituals are shaped with the rich Assyrian heritage and culture.…

By: Ashur Sada As the year draws to a close, it is time to reflect back on the past 12 months and attempt to make sense of what happened. Assyriangly Speaking that is!…

By Eden Naby & Jamsheed Choksy As 2011 came to a close, Iraq’s Christians prayed ‘for peace, goodwill, and that they will make it until next Christmas alive.…

Just a few days ago was the longest night of the year. Another way of looking at is that this was night in which the tide of darkness began to turn back in favor of light.…