NINEVEH PLAINS

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,…

BAGHDEDE, Iraq — In a heartfelt expression of solidarity and cultural pride, the Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union (Huyodo d’Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA) celebrated the annual Feast of Mar Qaryaqos alongside the residents of the Nineveh Plains town of Baghdede (Qaraqosh / Hamdaniyah), Iraq. Held on 6 April, the event honors the…

NINEVEH PLAIN, Iraq — The slopes of Mor Mattai Syriac Orthodox Monastery hosted vibrant Kha Nison–Akitu celebrations, organized by the Bethnahrin Patriotic Union (Huyodo Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA) and its youth and women’s institutions. The event drew a massive turnout from the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian community, with attendees traveling from across Nineveh Plains…

ANKAWA/BETH ZALIN, Iraq-Syria — With the national holiday of Akitu or “Kha Nison” coming up, the Bethnahrain Patriotic Union (HBA) in Iraq and the Syriac Union Party (SUP) in Syria have announced the locations and details of their celebrations on April 1.  HBA is holding this year’s Kha Nison celebration in…

BARTELLA, Iraq — A solemn funeral service was held in the Syriac town of Bartella, located in Nineveh Plains region of Iraq, to honor Syriac Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad Athanasius Matti Mattoka. The ceremony was presided over by Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan and drew a large…

ALQOSH, Iraq — Highlighting the vital role of language in preserving identity, the Director-General of Syriac Education, Salah Khidhir, in collaboration with the Minister of Education, Ibrahim al-Juburi, launched an exhibition showcasing Syriac calligraphy and painting. Held under the slogan Our Language Strengthens Our Existence, the event took place on…