On April 1st, Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Syriacs in Iraq celebrate the "Akitu" festival, marking one of the oldest known ...

Two Assyrian Christians were critically injured in an axe attack during celebrations of Akitu, the Assyrian-Babylonian New ...

As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

Failing this, the petition requested a special homeland within the existing borders of Iraq, made up of the whole of the district of Amedia plus adjacent parts of Zakho, Dohuk and Aqra, for the ...

an Assyrian organisation aiming to connect Assyrian youth from the diaspora to the homeland. She went to participate in the Assyrian New Year festival held in Duhok every year and explore the ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Region Presidency said on Wednesday it strongly condemns the axe attack on Assyrian Christians celebrating Akitu – the Assyrian-Babylonian New Year – in Duhok ...

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