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New Constitution Must Guarantee Equality and Minority Participation: Syrian Minister
Hind Kabawat, Syria's Minister of Social Affairs and Labor.Syria's Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Kabawat said the country's new constitution must guarantee equality be…
In a Dutch Town, an Ancient Assyrian Tradition Finds a New Home
Rijsen, Netherlands -- The first thing heard on a Sunday morning at the Syriac Orthodox Church of St. Ignatius Nurono is not Dutch. It is Syriac, part of the Aramaic language fami…
Assyrian MP in Syria Calls for Constitutional Recognition of Assyrian Language and Cultural Rights
Gabriel Mushe, member of Syria's People's Assembly and political official of the Assyrian Democratic Organization.Damascus, Syria -- Gabriel Mushe, member of Syria's People's Asse…
New Archaeological Results From Nimrud, the Assyrian Capital
Excavated structures at Nimrud, northern Iraq. ( Wikimedia Commons)What the world knows about the Assyrian empire, it mostly knows from kings. The palace reliefs and the royal ins…
Turkey Excludes Assyrian Newspaper From Minority Press Support
Ankara -- The exclusion of Sabro, an Assyrian newspaper published in Merde (Mardin), from a financial support programme for minority newspapers run by Turkey's Press Advertising A…
European Policymakers Call for Equal Rights for Syria's Christians
Brussels -- As Syria moves through a precarious political transition, European policymakers, church leaders and Syrian representatives are preparing to gather at the European Parl…
Thousands of Assyrians Gather At St. Gabriel Monastery for Festival
Some 5,000 Assyrians from Turkey and around the world gathered at the historic Mor Gabriel Monastery in southeastern Turkey's Mardin province for the annual Shahro celebration, a …
Archaeologists Unveil Hidden Ancient Assyrian Capital
View of the archaeological site of Nimrud.A project from the University of Udine combines drones, magnetic sensors, and surface surveys to map for the first time the vast lower ci…
Qamishli At 100: The Assyrian Foundations of a Refugee City
This August the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli marked a remarkable milestone: 100 years since its official establishment in 1926. Known to Assyrians as Beth Zalin, Qamishli …
'The Table of Gods' Brings Ancient Mesopotamian Cuisine to a Global Audience
Stockholm -- The history of the ancient civilizations and peoples of Beth Nahrin (Mesopotamia), whom the Suroyo (Syriac--Aramean--Assyrian--Chaldean) people today regard as their …
