NINEVEH PLAINS

BAGHDAD — The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) of Iraq unveiled a series of major logistical updates in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for November.   In a statement released Wednesday, IHEC outlined progress on several key fronts, including the number of public polling centers and stations, as well…

BAGHDEDA (QARAQOSH), Nineveh Plains — In a sober and solemn atmosphere, the Baghdeda Local Committee of the Bethnahrin Patriotic Union (Huyodo Bethnahrin Athroyo-HBA) today organized a vigil to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Sayfo Genocide, which in the year 1915 cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Chaldeans-Syriacs-Assyrians…

ALQOSH, Iraq — The Syriac Directorate of Culture and Arts in Nohadra (Duhok), in collaboration with the Chaldean Church of Alqosh and the Monastery of the Virgin Mary, hosted a children’s festival to mark International Children’s Day. Held in the courtyard of the historic monastery in Nineveh Plains, the festival…

BANDAWAYA, Iraq – In an effort to build community and strengthen cultural identity, the Beth Nahrain Youth Organization hosted a recreational youth trip to the scenic region of Bandawaya, a valley north of Mosul, this week. The event drew young Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian men and women from various towns and villages, united…

MOSUL, Iraq — The Beth Nahrain Organization for Women (BNOW) in Iraq successfully concluded its Psychological Art Therapy course with a closing ceremony at the Youth and Sports Directorate Hall in Nineveh Governorate. The initiative, part of BNOW’s ongoing efforts to empower and support the psychological well-being of youth in…

ANKAWA, ARBA’ILO (ERBIL), Iraq — Jonson Siyawash, a former Assyrian Minister in the Kurdistan Regional Government under (then) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, issued a forceful statement this week calling for an emergency summit that brings together Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian church patriarchs, civil society institutions, political leaders, and parliamentarians. He declared that the…

By Denho Bar Mourad-Özmen | Former Special Educator and Advisor at Sweden’s National Agency for Special Education The Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq represent one of the most historically sensitive regions in the Middle East. This land, home to the Assyrian people, contains some of the world’s oldest Christian communities,…

BATNAYA, Iraq — Reconstruction efforts in the war-torn Nineveh Plains town of Batnaya, Iraq, advanced significantly this week as authorities began clearing rubble from homes destroyed during the conflict with the Islamic State (ISIS). The debris removal initiative, supported by the Chaldean Community Foundation, represents a vital phase in the…

BRUSSELS — The Christian quota in the Iraqi electoral system has been a sensitive issue for years, with critics arguing the system is prone to manipulation by non-Christian actors. Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian political parties have been vocally and repeatedly calling for reform to ensure the right of their people to elect representatives…

BAGHDEDE (Qaraqosh), Nineveh Plain / Iraq – As part of its political education and awareness program for the youth, the Bethnahrin Patriotic Union (Huyodo Bethnahrain Athroyo (HBA), an affiliate of the Bethnahrin National Council) organized a lecture on the Treaty of Lausanne and its profound civic and geographical impact. The…