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Mosul professor Amer al-Jumaili released on bail after questionable detention over archaeological land case
MOSUL, Iraq — Judicial authorities in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, released university professor and researcher Dr. Amer Abdullah Najm al-Jumaili on bail on Tuesday, one day after h…
National identity is measured by graves and palaces
By Ablahad Hanna Saka | Member of the Bethnahrin National Council in Iraq National identity is not a word we repeat on occasions, nor is it a slogan we raise when we need to …
Izla Women’s Foundation holds lecture on women’s mental health in Daramsuq
DARAMSUQ — The Izla Women’s Foundation held a lecture titled Women’s Mental Health at its headquarters in the Bab Tuma neighborhood of Daramsuq (Damascus). The lecture was deliver…
Syriac Cross delegation discusses Christian future and civil society role with Vatican envoy and lawmakers
DARAMSUQ — As Syria faces a sensitive period politically, socially, and economically, the Syriac Cross Foundation for Relief and Development has held separate meetings with the Ho…
Hundreds of people participate in the Utrecht Walk of Hope for persecuted Christians
UTRECHT, Netherlands — Around 500 people walked in silence through central Utrecht on Saturday 26 September for the second Walk of Hope. They carried signs bearing the names of co…
Arrest of Mosul academic over archaeological lands sparks concern in Nineveh
MOSUL, Iraq — The detention of University of Mosul professor and researcher Dr. Amer Abdullah Najm al-Jumaili has triggered concern among his family, academic colleagues, and Sura…
Suroye politicians make gains in Sweden’s parliamentary and municipal elections
STOCKHOLM — The Suroyo (Syriac–Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) presence has not been absent from the electoral scene in Sweden. Rather, it has been present, active, and influential, wi…
The Mandaeans Between Water and Light: Leila Latti on the Ancient Religion’s Journey Through Beth Nahrin
BEIRUT — Mandaeism, as one of the ancient religions of the Near East, opens a broad field for questions related to the history of religions and the interaction of beliefs and cult…
Despite denouncing Christian persecution in UN speech, Trump again excludes those fleeing religious persecution from US refugee policy
NEW YORK — US President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September to condemn the persecution of Christians around the world, while his a…
Three months after Syriac Maronite environmentalist Mona Khalil was killed by an Israeli airstrike, her fight for Lebanon’s turtles lives on
MANSOURI, Lebanon — The war reached Mona Khalil’s home before it reached the turtles she had spent more than two decades protecting. On 4 June, an Israeli strike hit the Orange Ho…
