The Weekly

Turkish attacks reportedly continue in Iraq and Syria, negotiations for church reunification fail and a nonprofit leads a program training Assyrian youth in computer literacy.

Assyrians allege land grabs in the Iraqi village of Komane, Turkish strikes reportedly hit Iraq and Syria and a meeting on church reunification enters its second week.

New reports of alleged land-grabbing emerge from northern Iraq, delegates from the Churches of the East meet to discuss potential reunification and an Assyrian candidate is part of Lebanon’s first national elections since the start of its economic crisis.

A nonprofit revives an Assyrian tradition in northern Iraq, fears of a drying Tigris River resurface and excavations of an archaeological site in Nineveh reportedly continue.

A church-affiliated non-profit begins work on two projects in northern Iraq, an ACOE parish consecrates a new location in Illinois and a once-popular lake in Iraq disappears as the country struggles with climate change.

Turkish launches ground and air attacks on northern Iraq, two local bodies in Illinois recognize 1915 Ottoman killings of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks as genocide and the ACOE patriarch announces plans for church reunification.

New reports emerge of Turkish strikes on Assyrian villages in Syria, the Assyrian Democratic holds internal elections and a nonprofit launches a ping pong tournament in northern Iraq.

New reports from Assyrian villagers allege “trespassing” on Assyrian-owned lands in the KRI, seven years pass since an Easter Sunday attack by ISIS on a church in Syria and large crowds participate in Palm Sunday festivities in northern Iraq.

A proclamation designates April 2022 as Chaldean American month in Michigan, an Assyrian football league kicks off its first season in Iraq and community members around the world celebrate the Assyrian New Year.

An Arizona state legislator issues a proclamation recognizing the Assyrian New Year, a nonprofit partners with a local church to plant trees in northern Iraq and a nearly 200-year-old Assyrian church in Armenia gets gas, electricity and further renovations.

An Assyrian candidate runs for a minority seat in Lebanon’s parliament, two years pass since the discovery of the remains of Simuni Diril after her disappearance in Turkey and an Assyrian performer joins the lineup at a first-ever MENA-centered comedy festival.

Illinois becomes the first U.S. state to establish a caucus on Assyrian issues, the Iraq Museum, with its collection of Assyrian artifacts, reopens after a 3-year hiatus and the Assyrian New Year parade returns to Duhok for the first time in two years

An Assyrian member of the KRI parliament makes demands for more quota seats, Iraqi refugees who had fled to Syria during ISIS occupation return home and a Ukrainian Assyrian artist is one of more than a million forced to flee the country amid Russian invasion.

Assyrians commemorate the 7th anniversary of ISIS attacks on their villages in Syria, officials break ground on a new ACOE patriarchal seat in Erbil and documentation of Assyrians in Ukraine resurfaces amid ongoing Russian invasion.

A nonprofit renovates a fifth Assyrian home in Armenia, an Assyrian business in northern Iraq gets new life and an Assyrian riff on the popular game “Wordle” becomes available.

U.S. forces patrol areas in northeast Syria, an Assyrian member of the KRI parliament presents draft legislation for a “Syriac Language Academy” and an Australia-based Assyrian organization issues a letter to the UAE’s foreign ministry.

Turkish air raids target PKK positions in northern Iraq and Syria, an ISIS leader is killed during a U.S. raid and Assyrians mark the 37th anniversary of the execution of three ADM leaders. 

U.S.-backed forces clash with ISIS militants in northeastern Syria, an Assyrian nonprofit helps families in northern Iraq fight frigid temperatures and Assyrians in Lebanon continue to struggle amid the country's economic crisis. 

A nonprofit distributes food aid to displaced families in northern Iraq, the community mourns the loss of a village chief in Nahla and an Iraq-based Assyrian artist wins a competition in Chicago.

Nahla Valley villages ravaged by flames last year get new firefighting equipment, Assyrian schools in northern Iraq resume their term with mid-year exams and the Etuti Institute highlights results from a soccer tournament in northern Iraq.

An independent Assyrian news organization announces a return to satellite broadcast in Iraq, questions remain unanswered on the second anniversary of the disappearance of an Assyrian couple in Turkey and a new book compiles research on Iraq's Assyrians.

Reports emerge of Turkish strikes hitting Assyrian villages in northeastern Syria, Assyrian-language short film “Grace” secures another festival win and a village in northern Iraq rings in the new year.

A non-profit works to bring street lighting to Assyrian villages in Iraq, a nearly 200-year-old ACOE church in Arzni holds its first service since its renovation and multiple campaigns bring Christmas gifts to Assyrian children in Iraq.

Ongoing drought has detrimental effects on farming communities in northern Iraq, MP Yonadam Kanna urges action from the Iraqi Prime Minister regarding Assyrian issues and an Ill. state representative meets with community members on a state-approved Assyrian language course.

An Assyrian relic is among $70 million worth of looted artifacts surrendered by Michael Steinhardt, a nonprofit reaches a fundraiser bringing warmer winters to homes in Armenia and singer-songwriter Yasmeen announces a new single.