IRAQ

NINEVEH PLAINS — A group of volunteers and activists held a Syriac language competition that included the distribution of more than 1,000 papers distributed to more than 18 schools in Hamdaniya and Bartala in northern Iraq’s Nineveh Plains containing a set of questions written in Syriac which reflect ancient Syriac…

BAGHDEDE, Iraq — On Monday, the Beth Nahrain Organization for Women (BNOW) held its 9th Art Exhibition, Studying the Psychology of Youth through Painting, in Baghdede, in Nineveh Plains. The Art Exhibition is the closing ceremony of a three month-long psycho-social Art Therapy in which youth exposed to war and years of…

BAGHDAD — Iraqi President Barham Salih received Yezidi activist Nadia Murad at Al-Salam Palace in Baghdad on Monday. During the meeting, Salih praised the efforts made by Murad to convey to the whole world the tragedy of the Yezidi people and expressed his appreciation for the sacrifices and courage of…

NINEVEH PLAINS, Iraq — Head of the Beth Nahrin Patriotic Union (HBA) in Iraq Yusuf Yacoub Matti attended a dialogue session held by the United States Institute of Peace, during which attendees supported the creation of the new administrative units in Nineveh Plains. A number of representatives of other Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian…

TIKRIT, Iraq — As part of the campaign to combat the Islamic State (ISIS), the Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate arrested an ISIS informant who had been monitoring and reporting the movements of Iraq Security Forces in Saladin Governorate. The Directorate released a statement saying, “In confirmation of their duties in…

BAGHDEDE, Iraq — On Monday, the Beth Nahrain Organization for Women (BNOW) held the first in a series of lectures about the legal rights of women in Iraq. The opening lecture, entitled “To Which Extent an Individual Can Be Protected by Law”, was delivered by lawyer Behnam Tobya at the…

ANKARA / BAGHDAD — The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced via Twitter that as part of the mission of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Iraq, Turkish military advisers were sent to Baghdad to support the Iraqi army. “25 Turkish personalities, including a brigadier general will serve in the NATO…

NINEVEH PLAINS, Iraq — Iraqi President Barham Salih received head of the Sabean-Mandaean community, Sheikh Sattar Jabbar Hilo, at Al-Salam Palace in Baghdad on Monday. Salih stressed that the cultural diversity of Iraq must be protected from violent attempts to undermine coexistence and stoke sectarian strife. Iraqi news outlet Shafak…

BAGHDAD — Head of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA), Nael Saad Abdul Hadi, announced on Monday the signing of a memorandum of understanding with French company ADP Ingénierie to rehabilitate Mosul International Airport. “The signing was sponsored by the General Secretariat of the Iraqi Cabinet and in the presence…

BAGHDAD — Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans Louis Raphaël I Sako issued a statement strongly condemning the twin suicide bombings that took place in Baghdad on Thursday morning killing at least 32 and injuring over 100 others. “Politics is an honorable responsibility to achieve peace, security. and a decent…