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By Jane Arraf NPR.org, November 4, 2018 · A bidding war at Christie’s this week sent the price of a 3,000-year-old stone relief from $7 million to more than $28 million, setting a world record for ancient Assyrian artworks and raising fears among some archaeologists that soaring prices will fuel the market for looted antiquities…
Read moreBy Rudaw yesterday at 03:49 Protesters, mainly Kurds, chant slogans during a demonstration in the town of al-Qahtaniyah, in the Hasaka governorate near the Syrian-Turkish border on November 1, 2018, against Turkish attacks on Kurdish posts in northern Syria. Photo: Delil Souleiman | AFP…
Read moreTroy deacon charged with sex assaults on teen boy Troy — A longtime member and a deacon at a Chaldean Catholic church in Troy faces felony charges related to allegations of “multiple” sexual encounters with a teen boy at the church for more than a year.…
Read moreSangar Ali | Iraqi security checkpoint on Erbil – Kirkuk road. (Photo: Kurdistan 24) Kirkuk Iraq Baghdad Kurdistan Erbil Sulaimani Custom points ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The installation of customs points on the Erbil – Kirkuk and…
Read moreSangar Ali Turkmen party criticizes Baghdad after being overlooked in Iraqi govt. ministerial posts Demonstrators in Istanbul wave Turkish and Iraqi Turkmen flags during a protest against the independence referendum in Kirkuk, Sep. 17, 2017. (Photo: Reuters) Kirkuk Iraq Kurdistan Baghdad Turkmen…
Read moreBy Sonia Moghe, CNN The Department of Homeland Security logo New York (CNN)As more than 100 detained Iraqi nationals wait to see if they will be released after many have been held for nearly 18 months, recently unsealed documents raise new questions about Iraq’s desire or ability to accept those detainees against their will.…
Read more120,000 Christians are believed to have fled Iraq’s Nineveh province during Daesh’s three-year reign of terror 70,000 displaced Christians return to post-Daesh Mosul By Ali Jawad…
Read moreYahya Barzinji The code has been copied to your clipboard. El Cajon, California, is home to a large number of Iraqi Chaldean Christians. Over the past nearly two decades, the Chaldean population in California has become a thriving immigrant community. But many say their hearts and minds are still with their home…
Read moreBy Rev. Tim Moore On the eve of the midterm elections and with a migrant caravan headed toward the U.S., President Trump is doubling down on the immigration rhetoric and policies he believes won him the presidency. But while the president’s base may be energized by…
Read moreBy Lyndsey Koh MENA (MNN) — At least 5,000 Syrian refugees living in Lebanon have voluntarily gone home since the start of August when five crossings opened between the two countries. There are still about 1.5 million refugees in Lebanon, but the slow trickle back to Syria has begun since Beirut and Damascus struck a…
Read moreChurches in Mosul are being rebuilt by locals, but many feel betrayed by Trump [TNA] In line with his general anti-immigration stance, President Trump is attempting to deter Iraqi and Syrian Christians from seeking safety in the United States, reports James Reinl.…
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