The Assyrian Church of the East doesn't have a resident bishop, so Mar Awa was welcomed by the Archbishop of Australia, New ...

But in early August 10 years ago, these Muslim raiders were different. On Aug. 6, 2015, the Islamic State took the nearby ...

The shrine in Iraq's northern Nineveh Plains will be the seventh worldwide dedicated to Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians ...

In this cycle, the Commission approved 5 Christian representatives, some of Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian background: Baidaa Khidhir Bahnam Yakub, Dureid Jameel Ishoh Simaan, Farouq Hanna Atto Shamoun, ...

Regarding the current government in Syria dominated by former members of Islamist group Hayat Tahri al-Sham, Ishak noted a ...

Younger generations are also reclaiming the tradition. "Every stitch carries a memory and a hope," says Erbil craftswoman ...

In 2014, ISIS seized control of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, and imposed a brutal extremist regime. Christians were presented with four choices: convert to Islam, pay the jizya (a tax imposed on ...

Reflecting on his internal struggles, Bethkinne spoke of political pressures and factional conflicts that negatively impacted ...

The Arabic letter "n" (inside red circle), signifying "Nasrani" (Christian), on an Assyrian home in Mosul. Brussels -- On the 11th anniversary of the Nineveh Plains Massacre, the European Syriac Union ...

As an appreciation, the couple was presented with a bouquet of flowers and for Sliwa, a handmade bag featuring an image of Mar Gorgis Church, one of Ankawa's most historic landmarks. The gesture ...

The Druze community in Sweida and the nearby villages in southern Syria is still under an urgent threat of massacre. Since July 13, Bedouins and Arab tribes, along with Syrian and foreign jihadists, ...