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Heavy rains damage 1,300-year-old church in Iraq
Heavy rains this week collapsed the stone walls at a church in northern Iraq, damaging a site that has stood for more than 1,300 years. The Mar Aha Church, dating...
As Syria’s front lines shift, Assyrians face a familiar choice: Stay or...
Despite gun battles breaking out in Tel Tamar, a historic Assyrian town in the Khabur River Valley, the ceasefire between Damascus and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces has largely held....
On a hilltop of bones, a fence guards over a century-old massacre
Atone Sliwo Ashur’s desire to build a fence around an elevated hilltop in Simele, a town in northern Iraq’s Dohuk district, seems innocent at first glance — just a few...
At Westminster Abbey, King Charles confronts Christian persecution, elevates London’s Assyrians
History collided on Dec. 10 on the marble floor of Westminster Abbey — the Gothic-inspired church inside the heart of London — as King Charles III welcomed heads of Eastern...
My father survived as a prisoner during the Iran-Iraq war. Others weren’t...
The bells of war rang throughout Iraq, and with each clang, Iraqis grew terrified of what their futures held. It was the summer of 1980. Saddam Hussein began assembling an...
What just happened to the Nineveh Plain Protection Units?
In the hours after the Nineveh Plain Protection Units (NPU) published a statement on Facebook, a message swirled across the internet: “The NPU is restored to its independent status.” In...
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Lioness of Assyria: Lady Surma, ambassador of the Assyrian nation
Lady Surma, also known as Surma Khanum, was a member of the patriarchal Mar Shimun family and spent her life serving the Assyrian Church of the East. She fought to...
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Opinion: Finding my Assyrian voice
by Sarah Behjet
“Assyrian” and “advocacy” were two words I never dreamed would resonate with me. Until recently, I didn’t even think of myself as Assyrian. As the daughter of Iraqi immigrants, I viewed myself through the lens of nationality and the language my parents spoke — Arabic. Because of that, I saw......
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Assyrians, including Chaldeans and Syriacs, are an ethnic community indigenous to parts of modern-day Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Iran. Assyrians today are scattered across the globe. At The Assyrian Journal, we strive to unify members of our community in a professional forum by covering events, highlighting leaders and offering a platform for positive, forward-thinking discussion.
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Assyrian genocide curriculum added to Arizona teacher ‘toolkit’
by Joe Snell
“They drowned one of my sisters in the well in Saleh village,” said Ziyane Rhawi, born in 1908. “Another sister, they buried alive under a pile of stones.” “[My aunt’s] two daughters were kidnapped by the Muslims,” said Ferida Rhawi, born in 1910..........