The Weekly

Pope Francis meets with ACOE head Mar Awa III, a new lecture-recital film on Assyrian art music premieres and Turkey strikes northern Syria and Iraq.

The Ancient Church of the East elected its new patriarch, new discoveries dating to the ancient Assyrians were unearthed in Iraq and the AANES orders implementation of a region-specific curriculum.

A historic Assyrian language course is approved in an Illinois public school district, an Assyrian mayor is elected to his second term in an Australian city and cholera outbreaks take hold of Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.

A man is charged in the killing of an Assyrian refugee in Chicago, an explosion rocks Baghdad and families of ISIS fighters are repatriated in Australia.

An Assyrian man is remembered after being killed during an attempted armed robbery in Chicago, an adult Assyrian language course at a local public library in Illinois approaches its kickoff and new Assyrian reliefs are discovered in Iraq.

An Illinois district school board hears a proposal for an Assyrian language course, an archaeological park in Iraq features ancient Assyrian carvings and a local community mourns the death of a 17-year-old in the Chicago area.

Samira Habsono is released from SDF custody, Iran continues cross-border strikes on northern Iraq and a Chicagoland school district will hear a proposal for an accredited Assyrian language course this week. 

Iran launches strikes targeting northern Iraq, security forces reportedly raid Assyrian Democratic Movement headquarters in Baghdad, and nonprofits collaborate to fund a scouting camp for Assyrian youth.

A public school district committee recommends an Assyrian language course for state board approval, Atour Sargon announces her campaign for reelection to the Lincolnwood Board of Trustees and Samira Habsono remains in detention in Syria.

The ACOE opens its Iraq headquarters, Samira Habsono awaits trial and Turkish soldiers are killed in cross-border operations in Iraq.

Samira Habsono is called to a military court hearing, archaelogists transfer more than 200 artifacts to the Iraq Museum and a nonprofit completes a second phase of a program teaching traditional Assyrian clothing.

Samira Habsono reportedly remains in the Al-Baytarah women's prison, the Assyrian Church of the East announces the inauguration of its new headquarters in Erbil and protesters take to the streets of Baghdad following recent violent clashes in the heavily-fortified Green Zone.

Sources say Samira Habsono could be transferred to an intelligence facility within days, Assyrian parties in Iraq issue a statement regarding upcoming KRG elections and members of congress sign onto a letter to the Department of State on "illegal land seizures" in Iraq. 

Samira Habsono’s family is denied another visitation request at the Al-Baytarah prison, SDF soldiers are killed in a ‘Turkish raid’ and the Assyrian Food Festival returns near Chicago.

An Assyrian woman is detained by SDF authorities in Syria, the Patriarch-elect of the Ancient Church of the East announces his relinquishment of the position and the Village of Skokie in Ill. introduces Assyrian programming to its public library. 

Community members observe—and elected officials recognize—Assyrian Martyrs Day, two nonprofits collaborate to provide Assyrian women in Iraq with swimming lessons and record temperatures hit Iraq as it struggles with the effects of climate change.

Assyrian students in Iraq train in crafting traditional clothing, Iraq calls for U.N. action on Turkey and protesters continue a sit-in at Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone.

An attack blamed on Turkey kills 9 in Iraq, a coalition of international Assyrian nonprofits reconvenes after more than a year and Assyrians around the world celebrate Nusardel.

A senior ISIS leader is killed in a U.S. strike, the U.S. House passed an amendment to defense legislation limiting weapons sales to Turkey and a nonprofit restores a power source in northern Iraq.

Rasha Shamoun, an Assyrian woman reportedly detained without charges in Syria, is released, U.S. oil companies pledge to leave the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and an Assyrian nonprofit hosts its annual summer camp for local youth in Beirut. 

An exhibit showcasing artifacts from the Assyrian Genocide opens at a California university, residents in Ankawa allege further land grabs and a nonprofit builds a dormitory for students pursuing degrees in Syriac.

Iraq’s north faces continued bombardment, Assyrian script comes to official signs in a northern Iraqi village after dismay from activists and Assyrian artifacts are uncovered with the discovery of an ancient city.

Turkish strikes target parts of northern Iraq, new reports emerge on alleged confiscation of Assyrian-owned lands in Iraq by a private land developer and a nonprofit installs street lights in Assyrian villages.

Members of the U.S. House announce the formation of a Congressional Assyrian Caucus, party delegates from the KRI parliament reportedly make demands for amendments to the quota system and an Iraq-based Assyrian visual artist recreates a mural destroyed by ISIS.

The Ancient Church of the East elects its new patriarch, an Assyrian football league wraps up its inaugural season in Iraq and a first-of-its-kind MENA comedy festival kicks off in London.