NINEVEH PLAINS

ARBA’ILO, Kurdistan Region of Iraq — More than a decade after the Islamic State (ISIS) militants launched devastating attacks on Yezidi communities in Shigur (Shingal /Sinjar) and surrounding areas, efforts to rescue and rehabilitate survivors continue. Hussein Qaidi, head of the Office for Rescuing Yezidi Captives from ISIS, announced that…

ASHUR, Iraq — Archaeologists working in the ancient Assyrian city of Ashur have uncovered human remains, burial sites, and pottery fragments, offering a deeper glimpse into the rich layers of one of Beth Nahrin’s (Mesopotamia) most significant capitals. The discovery, made by a German excavation team in collaboration with Iraq’s…

SHIGUR, Iraq — In a move aimed at reshaping local governance in northwestern Iraq, Iraqi Member of Parliament Mahma Khalil Qassem Hassan announced that formal procedures to designate Shigur (Shengal / Sinjar) District as an independent province will soon commence. This initiative follows the recent approval of Halabja’s transformation into…

BARITLE, Iraq — The Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union (Huyodo Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA) inaugurated a beginner-level Syriac language course tailored for elderly learners at its local committee headquarters in the Nineveh Plains town of Baritle (Bartella), Iraq. The HBA’s education official welcomed participants, commending their commitment to reconnecting with their ancestral…

BAGHDEDE (Qaraqosh), Iraq – In a series of bilateral visits between civil society and (local) government agencies for the development of the Hamdaniya District in the Nineveh Plain, a delegation from the Hamdaniye municipality visited the Beth Nahrain Women’s Union (BNOW) in Baghdede yesterday. The municipality delegation was led by…

ALQOSH, Iraq — For the third consecutive year, the Chaldean Archdiocese of Alqosh commemorated the season of Shira Mar Odisho in the village of Nusayriya in Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq. The event was held at Mar Odisho Church, creating an atmosphere of faith and spiritual celebration. The ceremony began…

MOSUL/NINEVEH, Iraq – A renewed political push by Iraq’s Turkmen community to designate the district of Tal Afar as a separate province has reignited long-standing demands from the country’s Christian minorities for autonomous status in the Nineveh Plain. While Turkmen leaders have described their request as a step toward equitable…

BAGHDEDE (QARAQOSH), NINEVEH PLAIN, Iraq – Will the city of Baghdede, like its neighbor city of Bartella, soon be “decorated” with posters of Ali Khamenei and Qasem Soleimani? This is what the Chaldeans-Syriacs-Assyrians of Baghdeda, in the Hamdaniye district on the Nineveh Plain, are now fearing. Because, in its latest…

NINEVEH PLAIN, Iraq — Four Suraye (Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian) political parties in Iraq yesterday called for the creation of a new province in the Nineveh Plain as an autonomous administration for its Suraye (Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian) population. The demand comes after Iraqi lawmakers approved, earlier this week, the creation of Halabja as a separate governorate…

BAGHDEDA (QARAQOSH), IRAQ – President of the General Secretariat for International Religious Freedom, Nadine Maenza, has fiercely protested the removal from office of Baghdeda mayor Cissam Matti, a Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian. The reason for Matti being pushed out of office is a power grab by the Babylon Movement, an Iranian proxy militia,…