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HomeAINA NewsNewsEditorialsOpEdArticlesReportsBooksMapsLettersLinksContactSubscribeLogin•Last update: 10:05 GMT• One Thousand Year-old Assyrian Graves Desecrated in Mardin, TurkeyIn the Yemişli (Enhil) Neighborhood of Mardin's Midyat district, at least 1000 years old graves belonging to Assyrians were destroyed, the bones of the saints were thrown out of the graves. The tombs of the Assyrians in the Mor Fetrus and Mor Favlus Chapel were destroyed.Australian Assyrian Gymnast Places Fourth Place NationallyBy Oliver SlewaBiblina Shamuel was recently awarded fourth place, nationally in Level 7 Australian National Championships for Gymnastics. We spoke to Bablina and her mum, Eileen to find out more about this wonderful achievement. Bablina shares with us her experience in gymnastics, starting from the age of 6 and competing in various club championships.Syrian Catholic Bishops Highlight Complex Challenges in Middle EastBy Doreen Abi RaadBEIRUT -- Although security issues in the Middle East have declined in recent years, the challenges that remain are "getting more complex, as we have entered a tunnel whose darkness has not yet subsided," Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan told the world's Syriac Catholic bishops.Pope: Catholic, Oriental Orthodox Should Look At More Sacramental SharingBy Cindy WoodenROME -- The theological dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches has reached a point where it seems appropriate to consider expanding the opportunities for the faithful of any of the churches to receive the sacraments from one another when they are not available in their own community, Pope Francis said.The Early Assyrian Monastery Built on a Sun God Temple in TurkeyBy Ruth SchusterMARDIN, Turkey -- Some places exude sanctity. Believe in the deity, don't believe in the deity, one may feel a frisson anyway. Something in the site thrills, awes, speaks to our inchoate spirituality beyond, say, its altitude. Maybe that explains why a temple to one god gets built on the temple to another, which happened a lot in human history.Archeologists Unearth Nearly 50 Assyrian Tablets in NinevehArcheologists in eastern Nineveh said on Sunday they unearthed nearly 50 ancient tablets and the remains of a soldier from the Assyrian era. The artifacts were found by an expedition from Italy's University of Bologna inside the monks' hall in the ancient city.New Dam Could Drown Ancient Iraqi City of AshurBy Hadani DitmarsJust two short months ago, the reopening of Ashur was celebrated by local Iraqis singing and dancing in traditional regalia. Many had fled their homes after the onslaught of Islamic State (Isis). The festivities recalled the spring processions that took place in the city thousands of years ago, with modern-day Assyrians, as well as other citizens of Iraq's multicultural society, passing through...Christian Relics Found When Restoring Ancient Assyrian ChurchBy Judith SudilovskyLaborers doing restoration work at the historic Syriac Orthodox Mar Thomas Church in Mosul which was severely damaged by ISIS, have uncovered some one dozen ancient relics and parchments belonging to several saints.Historic Church Service in Turkey Marred By Attack on Assyrian FamilyA Christian family were attacked in a village in Mardin province, south-eastern Turkey, shortly before a church service on Sunday, June 5. The service in Mor Gevargis Assyrian Church, Brahîmîye village, was the first held in the building in almost 100 years, after renovation work which began in 2015.Russian Revives Fashion for Assyrian KokoshniksBy Ekaterina YansonPearl stitcher Johann Nikadimus dreams that the historical kokoshnik will become a part of world fashion. The designer himself makes beautiful hats and teaches others how to make them. In an interview with RIA Novosti, he talked about primitive customs for Russian princes, Manizhi moon and Cartier crowns. You created the first kokoshnik in 2014.Syrian Christians: Life Between War and MigrationBy Vicken CheterianThe church of the Virgin Martyr Febronia of Nisibis (Nusaybin) of Syrian Orthodox church is located in the village of Himo few kilometres to the west of Qamishli. The church was built in 2004 over a shrine that dates according to tradition from the 4th century. This is the land of early Christianity, and in the villages nearby there was once a thriving Assyrian community.Iraq Extends Mandate of Committee on Illegally Expropriated PropertyThe Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr, President of the Alliance of the main forces in the current Iraqi Parliament, announced the continuation of the work of the ad hoc committee set up on his initiative in early 2021, with the task of returning property illegally expropriated in recent years from owners from Christian communities or the religious community of the Mandaeans to the rightful... News •One Thousand Year-old Assyrian Graves Desecrated in Mardin, Turkey•Australian Assyrian Gymnast Places Fourth Place Nationally•Syrian Catholic Bishops Highlight Complex Challenges in Middle East•Pope: Catholic, Oriental Orthodox Should Look At More Sacramental Sharing•The Early Assyrian Monastery Built on a Sun God Temple in Turkey•Archeologists Unearth Nearly 50 Assyrian Tablets in Nineveh•New Dam Could Drown Ancient Iraqi City of Ashur•Christian Relics Found When Restoring Ancient Assyrian Church•Historic Church Service in Turkey Marred By Attack on Assyrian Family•Russian Revives Fashion for Assyrian Kokoshniks Reports • Assyrians and The Turkey-PKK Conflict In Iraq • Turkish-Backed Militants Target Assyrian Towns in Syria • The Future of Security in Iraq's Nineveh Plain • The Destruction of Assyrian Cultural Heritage in Syria • Turkish Human Rights Commission Report on Assyrian Nun, Villages • Assyrian Genocide in Modern History • Recognition of the Simele Massacre of 1933 • The Systematic Repression of Assyrians • Iraqâs Stolen Election: How Assyrian Representation Became Assyrian Repression • Brutality Against Christian Clerics in Syria • Report on Christians oppressed for their Faith 2015â17 • Erasing Assyrians: Kurdish Abuses of Human Rights • Assyrians and Yazidis in Northern Iraq 2017 • Understanding Recent Movements of Christians from Syria and Iraq Articles • The Assyrian Genocide As A Part Of The Christian Genocide In The Ottoman Empire • Demographic and Climatic Factors in the Decline of the Neo-Assyrian Empire • The U.S. Legal Regime Governing Iraqi Refugee Resettlement • Theater, Language and Inter-Ethnic Exchange: Assyrian Performance Before WWI • Assyrians In Iraq • Description and Significance of the Nestorian Stele in China • The Cross and the Lotus All Things Assyrian •Australian Assyrian Gymnast Places Fourth Place Nationally•Russian Revives Fashion for Assyrian Kokoshniks•Ancient Assyrian Complex Discovered Under Turkish Home•How Long Can a Garden Last?•How Assyrians Laid the Blueprint for Future Empires•The Largest Library in the Ancient World•An Assyrian Genocide, a Russian Revolution, an Indian Grandfather•Visiting The Biblically Historic City Of Nineveh•The Lost Assyrian Colony in Africa•Ancient Assyrian Armor Found In China Brief History of Assyrians Assyrians in History Assyrians: Frequently Asked Questions The Assyrian Genocide Attacks on Assyrians in Syria Timeline of ISIS in Iraq Incipient Genocide: The Ethnic Cleansing of the Assyrians of Iraq Assyrian Holocausts The Assyrian Genocide and Its AntecedentsBy Abdulmesih BarAbrahamLyon, France (AINA) -- Professor Joseph Yacoub is the author of numerous articles and dozen of books, some translated into English. His latest book is titled Les Assyro-Chaldéens : mémoire d'une tragédie qui se répète (The Assyro-Chaldeans: Memory of a Repeating Tragedy) and published in April 2021 by L'Harmattan, Paris.The Pizza Puff: an Assyrian InventionChicago (AINA) -- An Assyrian family in Chicago invented the pizza puff. Watch the report by Erica Gunderson for Chicago Tonight. ... AINA News •The Assyrian Genocide and Its Antecedents•The First Assyrian Workers From Turkey in Germany•The Pizza Puff: an Assyrian Invention•Parties Meet in UN-led Constitution Drafting Meetings for Syria•Assyrian Journalist Speaks on His Abduction By Kurdish Security in Northeastern Syria•Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide•Municipality in Turkey Building Parking Lot on Syriac Catholic Monastery Land•Assyrian Organization in the UN-led Constitutional Committee for Syria•How Computers Learned to Speak Assyrian•Documentary on the Remains of Assyrian Churches in Turkey to Be Released•Assyrian Artist Exhibits Paintings in Detroit•Storyteller: Stories of My Assyrian Ancestors•Remembering the 1933 Massacre of Assyrians in Iraq•Greek, Assyrian, Armenian Genocide Memorial Erected in Berlin•100 Years of Assyrian Genocides The First Assyrian Workers From Turkey in GermanyBy Abdulmesih BarbrahamWurzburg, Germany (AINA) -- The 60th anniversary of the German-Turkish recruitment agreement (German: Anwerbeabkommen) was officially celebrated in many cities across the country end of October 2021. In his speech at the state commemoration event in Berlin, Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, addressed the invited guests, stating that "You helped building up Germany -- You have enriched...US Attorneys May Have Violated Constitutional Rights, Immigration Law in Prosecuting Assyrian LawyerBy Ashur ShirshaChicago (AINA) -- In September of 2014, Attorney Robert DeKelaita was indicted for helping a handful of Assyrian (also known as Chaldean or Syriac) asylum seekers obtain asylum. The government, represented by the US Attorney's Office, alleged that the means used to obtain asylum for the handful of the witnesses chosen to testify against DeKelaita was fraudulent. Editorials •The First Assyrian Workers From Turkey in Germany•US Attorneys May Have Violated Constitutional Rights, Immigration Law in Prosecuting Assyrian Lawyer•Conference Expropriates Assyrian Christian History, Denies Assyrian Identity•The Unethical Prosecution of an Assyrian Attorney•German Recognition of Armenian, Assyrian Genocide: History and Politics•Senator McCain Sends Letter on Assyrians to Kurdish President•Turkey Attempted to Stop Broadcast of Assyrian Genocide Documentary•Australia's Assyrians in Focus•US Government Must Designate ISIS Attacks As Genocide for All Groups•Assyrians Should Leave the Middle East Turkey's National Pride is Based on Genocide DenialBy Sabri AtmanDuring the years of World War I 75% (750,000) of the Assyrian population in the Ottoman Empire was systematically murdered. That genocide of Assyrians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 is a fact, but it has largely been forgotten by the world.Turkey's Violation of Human Rights Must Be ChallengedBy Sabri Atman(AINA) -- When speaking about the Ottoman Empire and Turkey today, it is not their contribution to civilization that comes to mind. Instead it is human rights violations, confiscation of land and property, genocide and genocide denials that are most frequently discussed in the public discourse. Today's Turkey is still far from being ruled by democratic principles. Opinion Editorials •Turkey's National Pride is Based on Genocide Denial•Turkey's Violation of Human Rights Must Be Challenged•EU Conference on Nineveh Plains Favors Kurds, Marginalizes Assyrians•Trump's Immigration Order and Christianity•The Winds of Change Are Blowing in Europe•Erdoğan's Gambit for Mosul•The Genocide of Assyrians and Yazidis and the Next American President•Is Obama Fast-tracking Mosul Offensive to Save His Legacy?•Why France? It's in the Math•Terrorist Strikes and the Blame Game Australian Assyrian Gymnast Places Fourth Place NationallyBy Oliver SlewaBiblina Shamuel was recently awarded fourth place, nationally in Level 7 Australian National Championships for Gymnastics. We spoke to Bablina and her mum, Eileen to find out more about this wonderful achievement. Bablina shares with us her experience in gymnastics, starting from the age of 6 and competing in various club championships.Russian Revives Fashion for Assyrian KokoshniksBy Ekaterina YansonPearl stitcher Johann Nikadimus dreams that the historical kokoshnik will become a part of world fashion. The designer himself makes beautiful hats and teaches others how to make them. In an interview with RIA Novosti, he talked about primitive customs for Russian princes, Manizhi moon and Cartier crowns. You created the first kokoshnik in 2014. © Assyrian International News Agency | Terms of Use | Site Map | Services | RSS | About AINAToday's Assyrian date: