1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (373+ words) By Ablahad Hanna Saka | Member of the Bethnahrin National Council in Iraq Through research, investigation and the collection of accounts and information, it became clear that a large number of Syriac and Armenian families lived in the center of Sinjar…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (221+ words) The widespread pogrom left 12 people were killed and 300 injured. According to official records, 4,214 houses, 1,004 businesses, 73 churches, 1 synagogue, 2 monasteries, 8 ayazmas (sacred springs), 26 schools, and many cemeteries were smashed, severely damaged, and plundered. Officially, 60 women were subjected to sexual assaults. Unofficial accounts…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (458+ words) BEIRUT — Former Lebanese Justice Minister and human rights activist Prof. Ibrahim Najjar says Lebanon is currently at a decisive political and security crossroads. There is a genuine opportunity to reconstruct its state institutions and recover its sovereign decision-making power. Something,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (199+ words) MEDYAD (MIDYAT) \ MERDE (MARDIN), Tur Abdin — A notice issued by the Medyad Municipality requiring people with registered real estate in the district to file property declarations has prompted concern among Syriacs living in the diaspora, with some fearing that new…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (852+ words) JERUSALEM — Lebanese-Israeli social media activist Maryam Younes, who resides in Israel, says her central mission is to promote peace and dialogue between peoples while one day returning to her hometown in southern Lebanon, which her family left when she was…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (583+ words) BRUMMANA (BETH RAMANNA), Lebanon — In the Lebanese town of Brummana, surrounded by pine trees and renowned for its mild climate and mountainous landscape, stands Mor Isaiah Rûm Orthodox Church, bearing witness to a religious and spiritual history that has endured…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (358+ words) In negotiations held in late June, Lebanon and Israel signed a framework agreement that calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon and the deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (397+ words) He added that regional and international developments over the past five decades had changed the nature of the conflict in Lebanon, stressing that the Lebanese bear no less responsibility than external powers that intervened in the country’s affairs. “Certainly, the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (217+ words) ANKARA \ HASAKAH, Gozarto (Jazira) ̶ US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said, in an interview with Mario Nawfal, the integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into Syria’s government has made progress on the military front, while political and education-related issues…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (707+ words) DARAMSUQ (DAMASCUS) — In the heart of Daramsuq (Damascus), churches are more than places of worship; they are living pages of the city’s history and Christian memory. Among these churches is Our Lady of Dormition Cathedral of the Melkite Greek (Rûm)…...