NINEVEH PLAINS

KARAMLESH, Iraq — On Sunday, the Women’s Forum held an exhibition of Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian handicrafts and heritage clothing in the village of Karamlesh, near Baghdede in Nineveh Plains. The exhibition included a number of handicrafts and agricultural products made and produced by the villagers at subsidized prices, as well as a…

MOSUL, Iraq — In order to get a closer look at the reconstruction of the Syriac Catholic Al-Tahera Church in Mosul, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and Nineveh Governor Najm al-Jubouri visited the site of the church, which was destroyed by the Islamic State (ISIS). “Today we are under the…

MOSUL, Iraq — During the visit of Iraqi Prime Minister al-Kadhimi to Nineveh Governorate yesterday, he expressed regret for the service and urban problems suffered in the region, noting that corruption and mismanagement are factors that contributed to the fall of Nineveh to the Islamic State (ISIS). Al-Kadhimi said that…

BAGHDEDE, Iraq — After winning this year’s Miss Iraq title, Syriac Maria Farhad was honored with a commemorative shield from the Nineveh Artists’ Union during a ceremony held in Baghdede. The evening was attended by Baghdede’s Syriac mayor Issam Behnam Matti, a number of priests, representatives of security forces and…

NINEVEH PLAINS, Iraq — The people of Nineveh Plains have lacked adequate drinking water for three consecutive days following the damaging of seven electricity transmission towers which power water pumping stations. Many Chaldeans–Syriacs–Assyrians living in southern Nineveh Plains in Baghdede, Bartalle, Bashiqa, Karamlesh, and Bahzan have been forced to buy…

BAGHDEDE, Iraq – Under the slogan “The blood of our martyrs is our torch in our national struggle,” the Syriac Writers Union in Iraq held a memorial ceremony on the 88th anniversary of the Simele 1933 massacre and the 2014 expulsion of Chaldeans-Syriacs-Assyrians from the Nineveh Plain by Islamic State.…

BAGHDEDE, Iraq — As a part of the rural development plan in which the Bethnahrain Patriotic Union (Huyodo d-Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA) in Iraq participates, the first schools being renovated in Baghdede district in Nineveh Plains were completed on Wednesday. The project was previously suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. The…

BAGHDEDE, Iraq — The crimes of the Islamic State (ISIS) against Christian peoples continues to be felt in Nineveh Plains. Churches were not only destroyed but were robbed of their contents. While the churches can be rebuilt, it is unlikely the religious artifacts, treasures, and cultural heritage lost will be…

BAGHDEDE, Iraq — The mayor of Baghdede in Nineveh Plains, Essam Behnam Matti, met with a number of agricultural stakeholders, including the director of the Agriculture Department of Baghdede and the president of the Farmers’ Union, to discuss with them the plan for upcoming season and ways to avoid the…

MARDIN, Turkey – On the occasion of the annual commemoration on August 7, Syriac Member of Turkish Parliament Tuma Çelik published a statement about the Simele Massacre of 1933 on his Twitter page. Çelik states that “the ruling powers in Iraq and their accomplices killed more than five thousand Chaldeans-Syriacs-Assyrians…