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Delegation Reviews Final Stages of Qamishli International Airport Rehabilitation
BETH ZALIN (QAMISHLI), Gozarto (Jazira) — A delegation from Syria’s General Authority for Civil Aviation and Air Transport visited Qamishli International Airport to assess the pro…
Syriac cyclist Murat Yarbug reaches Tekirdag on charity journey to Tur Abdin
TEKIRDAG, Turkey — Syriac banker and cyclist Murat Yarbug has reached Tekirdag, Turkey, on the 16th day of his 4,500-kilometer charity cycling journey from Switzerland to Tur Abdi…
From 6–7 September to the Present: Pogrom, State, and Majority Mindset
By Toros Korkmaz In the political trajectory stretching from the late Ottoman period to the Turkish Republic, a majoritarian and arrogant mindset centered on Turkish-Sunni Musli…
Samir Geagea calls for full state sovereignty as Lebanese Forces mark 50th anniversary
MAARAB, Lebanon — Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea called for the establishment of a fully sovereign Lebanese state and an end to the country’s “deep state” and unauthorized ar…
DEM Party re-elects co-chairs, pledges broader democratic reforms and rights for Suroye
Based on reporting by Matay Türker ANKARA — The Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in Turkey re-elected Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan as its co-chairs at …
DEM Party: The 6–7 September 1955 Pogrom is one of the most profound unaddressed shames in Turkey’s history, needs to addressed in the present
TURKEY — On the 71st anniversary of the 6-7 September 1955 Pogrom, political and rights groups in Turkey renewed calls to preserve the memory of the victims and confront what happ…
Van Shawqi Gilyana assumes duties as new Director General of Syriac Culture and Arts in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
ANKAWA, ARBA’ILO (Erbil) — The Syriac Heritage Museum in Ankawa hosted a handover ceremony on Sunday, 6 September 2026, marking the appointment of Van Shawqi Gilyana as Dire…
Iran: America’s Options
By Hicham Bou Nassif | Weinberg Associate Professor of International Relations and the Middle East and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College-California The US…
IHD Panel Forum: The events of 6-7 September 1955 are a mentality problem; Turkey has a lynch culture
ISTANBUL — On 6–7 September, Rûm, Armenian, Jewish, and Syriac residents of Istanbul and many other Turkish cities were subjected to premeditated pogroms. The widespread pogrom le…
Tom Barrack Warns of New Cycle of Violence in Syria’s Sweida
SWEIDA, Syria — The United States warned Saturday that renewed violence in Syria’s southern province of Sweida risked pushing the region back toward the bloodshed that devastated …
St. George’s Church in Beth Rammana (Brummana), a Living Testament to Faith, History and Christian Unity
BETH RAMMANA (BRUMMANA), Tur Levnon — Tucked among the churches and old stone buildings of Brummana, St. George’s Greek (Rûm) Melkite Catholic Church carries a history that reache…
The 6–7 September 1955 Pogrom: Extremely violent, premeditated, perpetrators at large and no official recognition
ISTANBUL — The Istanbul Pogrom of 6–7 September 1955 was perhaps the most violent event in the long series of persecution, discrimination, and hate against indigenous peoples in t…
Syriac Union Party and Syrian Democratic Alliance hold a seminar on Syria’s Constitutional Declaration in Daramsuq (Damascus)
DARAMSUQ (DAMASCUS) — Amid a widening disconnect between the Syrian government and a broad cross-section of Syrian society, spanning political parties, civil society organizations…
Today in History: Syriac scholar Gabriel Qardahi (1845–1931)
Few figures have left as profound a mark on modern Syriac scholarship as Abbot Gabriel Qardahi (1845–1931). At a time when the Syriac language faced mounting challenges from socia…
MUB Official Echoue Gouriye: Unifying political discourse is essential for the future of Christians in Syria
BETH ZALIN (QAMISHLI), Syria — Echoue Gouriye, Member of the Presidential Body of the Bethnahrin National Council (Mawtbo Umthoyo D’Bethnahrin, MUB), has stressed the importance o…
Syriac Union Party Joins Dialogue Forum in Beth Zalin (Qamishli) to Advance Civil Peace and Coexistence in Gozarto (Jazira)
BETH ZALIN (QAMISHLI), Gozarto (Jazira) — Political leaders, religious figures, tribal representatives, and civil society activists gathered in Beth Zalin this week for a broad di…
Syriac Union Party’s Siham Quryo: No community should be excluded, marginalized, or allowed to dominate another
BETH ZALIN (QAMISHLI), Syria — As efforts continue to integrate the remaining institutions of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of the Region of North and East Syria (DAARN…
Women’s Committee of Syriac Union Party in Zahle unveils autumn agenda as summer activities wrap up
ZAHLE, Lebanon — Following a successful series of summer programs aimed at empowering Syriac women and children and strengthening their role in all areas of life, the Women’…
14 new power transformers for Hasakah and Zalin (Qamishli), Installation to begin next week
HASAKAH, Gozarto (Jazira) — The General Electricity Company of Hasakah Province announced that it has received 14 new power transformers in preparation for their installation in t…
Istanbul requirement excludes Syriac Newspaper Sabro from Turkey’s minority press support, parliamentary question goes unanswered
ANKARA — The exclusion of Sabro, a Syriac newspaper published in Merde (Mardin), from a financial support programme for minority newspapers run by Turkey’s Press Advertising…
A Byzantine Gold Coin Bearing the Face of Christ Is Found in the Norwegian Mountains
VESTRE SLIDRE, Norway — More than a thousand years after it was minted in Constantinople, a small Byzantine gold coin bearing the image of Jesus Christ has surfaced in the mountai…
Syria’s Christian Future Takes Center Stage as European Policymakers Call for Equal Citizenship and Constitutional Guarantees
BRUSSELS — As Syria moves through a precarious political transition, European policymakers, church leaders and Syrian representatives are preparing to gather at the European Parli…
Sinjar — Part 4: The Return of Christians to Sinjar in the 20th Century
By Ablahad Hanna Saka | Member of the Bethnahrin National Council The connection between Christians and Sinjar did not come to an end permanently. In the modern era, the city…
Beth Nahrin National Council and Beth Nahrin Patriotic Union Party in Iraq mourn former Party Head Gorgis Khushaba Mikhail (Shoraya)
BAGHDAD — After decades of national struggle to secure the rights of the Suraye (Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian) people in Beth Nahrin, Iraq and the Nineveh Plain, and to ensure their p…
Cycling for Syriac charity: Murat Yarbug passes Serbia on his journey to Tur Abdin Now on his way to Greece
SERBIA \ North Macedonia — Murat Yarbug, the Syriac banker and athlete who embarked on a 4,500-kilometer charity cycling journey from Switzerland to Tur Abdin, has finished his pa…
İHD Condemns Statements Targeting Alevites by Altan Tan and Kemal Öztürk
ANKARA — Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has condemned recent statements targeting Alevite (Alawites) and Alevite identity, warning that discriminatory rhetoric can deepen…
After 180 years of palace-focused excavations, archaeologists finally map Nimrud’s hidden Lower City
NIMRUD, Beth Nahrin — Archaeologists from the University of Udine in Italy have unveiled new findings that shed light on the lower city of Nimrud, one of the most prominent capita…
Ankawa Summer Festival 2026 kicks Off
ANKAWA, Arba’ilo (Erbil) — Following the conclusion of the Grape Basket Festival about two weeks ago, the 2026 Ankawa Summer Festival has kicked off amid a festive atmospher…
Hasakah Media Directorate and Suroyo Media Foundation discuss expanded cooperation and Syriac representation in local and national media
HASAKAH, Syria — The Hasakah Media Directorate held a meeting with the Suroyo Media Foundation to discuss expanded cooperation. The talks covered press coverage in the governorate…
Former Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar: Lebanon’s sovereignty is today under American guarantee
BEIRUT — Former Lebanese Justice Minister and human rights activist Prof. Ibrahim Najjar says Lebanon is currently at a decisive political and security crossroads. There is a genu…