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Heritage, Identity, the Assyrian Language and Mount Lebanon
Dr. Amine Jules Iskandar.Beirut -- Lebanese architect, historian and author Dr. Amine Jules Iskandar, president of the Maronite Union-Tur Levnon (Mount Lebanon), is calling for a …
The Systematic Intimidation of Assyrians in Their Homelands
(AINA) -- The indigenous Assyrian people continue to face immense pressure in their ancestral homeland, the land of Assur, Assyria. Our ancestral homeland remains under the contro…
Iraq Offers Housing Plots to Returnee Assyrians
Baghdad -- Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi declared on Saturday, July 11, 2026, that facilitating the permanent return of displaced Iraqi Christian expatriates stands as a core …
Assyria, Syria, and Syriac: An Interdisciplinary Reassessment
(AINA) -- The historical relationship between the designations Assyria, Syria, and Syriac has long occupied a central place in discussions of Near Eastern history, historical ling…
International Rights Institute Condemns Kurdish Consfiscation of Assyrian Land
The independent monitoring body issued its statement following a series of peaceful public demonstrations organized by local residents to protest a persistent delay in the executi…
The Attack on the Assyrian Cultural Heritage
Following the media coverage of the latest discovery of Assyrian inscriptions in Turkey, some public comments drew special attention. While some commentators claimed these inscrip…
Fake Cuneiform Seals As Status Symbol
Across the ancient southern Levant, some cylinder seals carried inscriptions that looked like cuneiform but could not be fully read as proper text. These "fake cuneiform seals" we…
Uncovering Three New Kings of Assyria
Imagine, if you will, that an industrious scholar has unearthed credible evidence of a missing monarch in the accepted historical line of succession of the British crown.
Yazidis Join Assyrians in Protest of Kurdish Land Seizures
The protest organized by Assyrian political parties in Nohadra (Duhok), calling for the enforcement of court rulings and the restoration of land to its rightful owners in Keshkawa…
Late Antique Astronomical Sciences in Medieval Assyrian Manuscripts
On 10 June 2026, the NEAstr project team held its second workshop, on the theme of 'Late antique astronomical sciences in medieval compendia'. Few pre-medieval witnesses of late a…
