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Antoine Kazzi: Political divisions weaken Lebanese community in Australia, federalism can protect rights
BEIRUT — Antoine Kazzi, a Syriac Maronite journalist and editor-in-chief of El Telegraph, Australia’s leading Arabic-language newspaper, has warned that political divisions …
Antoine Kazzi: Political divisions weaken Lebanese community in Australia, federalism can protect rights
BEIRUT — Antoine Kazzi, a Syriac Maronite journalist and editor-in-chief of El Telegraph, Australia’s leading Arabic-language newspaper, has warned that political divisions …
Syriac Maronite priest Samir Daou found murdered inside his home after contact was lost with him
KESERWAN–JBEIL, Lebanon — Syriac Maronite priest Samir Daou, a native of Ain Jrain and pastor of the parishes of Hsoun and Ferhet in Jbeil District, was found murdered inside his …
Advocacy and dialogue meeting in Beth Zalin addresses situation of Christians in Syria and rights of components in transitional period
BETH ZALIN, GOZARTO (JAZIRA), Syria — The Humanitarian Development Cooperation Foundation, in cooperation with the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, held an advocacy an…
DEM Party on 103rd Republic Day: Accepting multiple identities within the Republic of Turkey does not weaken shared citizenship, it strengthens it
ANKARA — On Turkey’s national Republic Day, the pro-democracy DEM Party issued a statement under the title “May the Turkish Republic endure, democracy prevail, and the…
Speaker of Turkish Parliament Numan Kurtulmuş: The democracy and peace process in Turkey is on course
ANKARA — In an effort to keep Turkey’s peace process on track, Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş stated that the government will soon establish a Monitoring Committee to ensure c…
Arab parties may have emerged as kingmakers in Israel, but does the opposition want them at the coronation?
URISHLEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political bloc held a narrow lead Wednesday as votes from the previous day’s parliamentary election continued to be counted,…
Qouzah residents seek protection and return to homes in southern Lebanon
QOUZAH, Lebanon — Residents of Qouzah, a Christian village in southern Lebanon, are appealing to Church and international officials to help protect their community and enable disp…
Tell Muhammad excavations reveal clues to ancient Babylonian life
BAGHDAD — Archaeological excavations at Tell Muhammad, southeast of Baghdad, are shedding new light on urban and economic life in Beth Nahrin (Mesopotamia) approximately 4,000 yea…
Maronite League President Maroun Helou: Christians are an integral part of the East. Protecting diversity is a national responsibility
BEIRUT — Maronite League President Maroun Helou stressed that Christians are an integral part of the East, inseparable from its history and civilization. He emphasized that preser…
Iraqi Prime Minister visits Daramsuq (Damascus) amid dispute with Arba’ilo (Erbil) over Shigur (Sinjar) arrangements
DARAMSUQ (DAMASCUS) — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi departed for Daramsuq (Damascus) at the head of a high-level delegation to meet with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and d…
The Louaize Fenqitho and an ancient Syriac Maronite prayer for Lebanon
By Joseph Sopholaos | Free Thinker, poet, essayist. Specialized in Arabic linguistics & analytical philosophy Pre-reform Maronite liturgical manuscripts, i.e. dating to b…
Syria and Jordan agree to form joint security committee following Karak church attack
DARAMSUQ (DARAMSUQ) / AMMAN — Syria and Jordan have agreed to form a joint security committee following the attack on the Rûm Orthodox Church of Mar Georgios (St. George) in the v…
Syriac athlete Noël Zeren: from a love of speed to a powerchair football world crown with France
PARIS – France’s triumph in the 2026 Powerchair Football World Cup was not merely another sporting victory, but a historic milestone in a sport that gives people with disabi…
Tight race in Israeli elections. Likud-led bloc leads with 56 seats, short of a decisive majority in the Knesset
URISHLEM (JERUSALEM) — Initial results from yesterday’s Israeli elections show a very close race between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc and the oppositi…
Syriac Catholic Patriarch visits southeastern Turkey for first time in 30 years, eight children receive First Communion
MERDE, Turkey — Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan visited Istanbul and the Tur Abdin region in southeastern Turkey last week, meeting with Church leaders and co…
Iraq announces reconstruction plans and integration of Sinjar Protection Units
SHIGUR, Iraq — Authorities in Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate have announced plans to accelerate reconstruction in Shigur (Sinjar / Shengal), including compensation for destroyed homes…
Displaced Kurdish families attacked upon returning to Tel Abyad, vehicles burned
TEL ABYAD, Syria — Displaced families returning to Tel Abyad were subjected to attacks involving beatings with sticks, stone-throwing, gunfire, vandalism, and the burning of vehic…
Iraq begins integrating Sinjar Resistance Units into federal forces
SHIGUR (SINJAR), Iraq — Iraq began transferring strategic military positions on Mount Shigur (Sinjar) to federal forces on 26 October, as the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS) agreed …
Syriac tomb site in southeastern Turkey faces destruction despite official registration
OMID (DIYARBAKIR), Turkey — A rock-cut burial site containing rare Syriac inscriptions that identify the tomb of a priest named Monoha is at risk of deterioration in southeastern …
Baghdad opens first-ever Jewish Museum in former Shamash Jewish Secondary School
BAGHDAD — Jewish presence in Iraq was neither limited nor marginal during the first half of the twentieth century. Jews were actively involved in Iraqi society in religious, cultu…
Syria’s school curriculum faces renewed scrutiny over Islamic references, position of women and civic education
DARAMSUQ (DAMASCUS) — The removal of a sculpture depicting the ancient Bethnahrinian (Mesopotamian) singer Ornina, the disappearance of lessons on citizenship and democratic parti…
Jordan arrests three perpetrators in deadly terrorist Church attack in Karak
  KARAK, Jordan — Jordanian authorities have arrested three perpetrators accused of carrying out a deadly terrorist attack on the Rûm Orthodox Church of St. George in the vil…
Two cultural events in Alqosh and Arba’ilo (Erbil) promote reading and linguistic diversity in Iraq
ALQOSH / ARBA’ILO (ERBIL), Iraq — Two cultural events in Alqosh and Arba’ilo (Erbil) highlighted the importance of reading in spreading knowledge and the role of liter…
Sanharib Women’s Volleyball Team to represent Iraq at West Asia Volleyball Championship
NOHADRA, Iraq — After representing Iraq at the 2025 edition of the West Asia Volleyball Club Championship, Sanharib Women’s Volleyball Team, based in Nohadra (Duhok), has once aga…
Bethnahrin National Council: We call on our people and all Christians to organize and defend themselves, their institutions, and their churches against aggressors and perpetrators of genocide
BETHNAHRIN — In response to the barbaric attack carried out by terrorists against the parishioners attending a funeral at the Rûm Orthodox Church of Mar Georgios in the village of…
Beth Nahrain Women’s Union calls for independent probe into Karak Church attack
BETHNAHRIN — The Beth Nahrain Women’s Union (Huyodo d’Neshe d’Bethnahrin, HNB) has condemned the attack on the Greek (Rûm) Orthodox Church of Saint George in Hamoud village, in Jo…
Jordan mourns nine martyred in the terrorist attack on Rûm Orthodox Church as international condemnation grows
KARAK, Jordan —Jordan is mourning nine people martyred in a terrorist attack on a church in the southern governorate of Karak, as international condemnations continued on Sunday a…
Syriac Union Party in Syria: The terrorist attack on Saint George Church threatens the Christian presence and the religious and cultural diversity of the Middle East
BETH ZALIN (QAMISHLI), Syria — The Syriac Union Party (Gabo d’Ḥuyodo Suryoyo, SUP) in Syria condemned the attack on the Rûm Orthodox Church of St. George in the village of Hamoud …
The experiences of Çiço İbrahimke during the Sayfo Genocide
By Suphi Aksoy | Member of the Presidential Committee of the Bethnahrin National Council The 1915 genocide, known as Sayfo in Syriac, was carried out against the Syriac, Arme…