The aim is obviously the same as that of the Turks, to assimilate or expel the Assyrian indigenous people who have lived in these parts of the country for more than 7,000 years." Augin Haninke wrote ...

Kurds Are Blockading Assyrian Villages Again. Posted 2023-07-19 01:56 GMT (AINA) -- Since 2020, the establishment of three checkpoints in the Nahla area in north Iraq has significantly disrupted the ...

In Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurds have reserved seats for the Assyrian community in their parliament since they established it in 1992. They went out of their way to assure the protection of modern ...

A recurring but often overlooked problem in the Middle East is the oppression of Assyrians by Kurds. Kurdish oppression of ...

He refuses to allow the Akitu and Nassiban Assyrian schools in Dohuk to expand on their own land. Most recently, Assyrian activists say Masrour’s government now bans the word “Assyrian” in ...

Witnesses and officials in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk say a man with an axe has attacked a new year's parade by Assyrian Christians, and three people have been wounded ...

A long-lost Assyrian military camp recently found by a Near Eastern archaeology scholar may provide insight and corroborate a biblical account.

The region initially had 23 Assyrian villages that were ethnically cleansed; the luscious valley is vulnerable to ongoing land thefts by Kurds—a longstanding issue. The Assyrian Aid Society of ...

Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, describes himself as protector of religious minorities. Under his watch, the Kurdish government’s official website ...