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PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan calls for new legal framework to advance Turkey’s peace process
ANKARA — Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has called for the establishment of a new legal framework that takes into account R…
Chaldean Patriarch Nona arrives in Lebanon, calls for stronger Christian faith and presence in Middle East
BEIRUT — Chaldean Patriarch Mar Paulos III Nona arrived in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday evening for a pastoral visit focused on spiritual renewal, ecclesiastical unity, …
Shamiran Istifan at the Aargauer Kunsthaus: Through the Window of Memory and Modernity
AARAU, Switzerland — When visitors enter Shamiran Istifan’s exhibition at the Aargauer Kunsthaus, they encounter familiar things. Swiss mailboxes, paving stones, imitation l…
Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian physician Maryam Maan Hadi ranks first in Iraqi Board for Medical Specializations examination
BAGHDAD — Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian physician Dr. Maryam Maan Hadi achieved a major academic milestone after ranking first nationwide in Iraq’s competitive Iraqi Board for Medical …
Head of Lebanese Land Movement Talal Douaihy: Lebanon needs full sovereignty, state must negotiate end to all forms of foreign influence
BEIRUT — Sheikh Talal Douaihy, head of the Lebanese Land Movement, said Lebanon is at a pivotal moment amid the political and security shifts unfolding across the region, stressin…
Seizure of land belonging to Mar Girgis Monastery renews debate over Christian property rights in Iraq
MOSUL, Iraq — The seizure of portions of the land belonging to the Monastery of Mar Girgis (St. George’s Monastery) in the Ba’awera area east of Mosul has once again b…
More than 500 attend annual ‘Kirkuk Reunion’ festival in Toronto to celebrate shared heritage
TORONTO — Hundreds of members of the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian community and former residents of the Iraqi city of Kerkeslokh (Kirkuk) gathered in Toronto on 17–18 July for the ann…
Aoun–Trump summit at the White House shapes a new phase in Lebanese–American relations amid bets on stability
WASHINGTON D.C. — The White House hosted a Lebanese–American summit on Tuesday, bringing together Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, a Syriac Maronite, and US President Donald Trump …
Residents of Ayn Wardo celebrate Feast of Mor Hadbshabo in Tur Abdin
AYN WARDO, Turkey — Residents of the village of Ayn Wardo in Tur Abdin, together with Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) visitors from the diaspora, gathered for a spiritual celeb…
Bethnahrin Women’s Union hosts organizational camp for women and families in Sweden
GNESTA, Sweden — The Sweden Branch of the Bethnahrin Women’s Union (Huyodo d’Neshe d’Bethnahrin, HNB) held an organizational camp for its members and their children in Gnesta, nea…
