KHABUR

AIN EBEL, Lebanon — In a stark departure from tradition, members of the Syriac Maronite Church in Ain Ebel, a city in southern Lebanon near the Israeli border, were unable to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary as they usually do. The city, typically filled with…

TEL TAMR and MABBUG, North and East Syria — Turkish forces continue their aggressive campaign against the peoples of North and East Syria with relentless daily bombings, while the international community remains silent and fails to hold Turkey accountable for its actions. According to the Media Center of the Mabbug…

TEL TAMR, North and East Syria — The Assyrian Democratic Party, in collaboration with the Syriac Union Party (SUP), organized a memorial ceremony to commemorate the Simele Massacre on Assyrian Martyrs’ Day. The event took place in the hall of Saint’s Church in Tel Tamr, North and East Syria, in…

TEL TAMR, Syria — Turkish occupation forces continue their bombardment of North and East Syria, aiming to intimidate residents, force evacuations, loot property, alter demographics, and settle Turkish-backed factions in the area, according to local officials. Recently, Turkish forces heavily shelled the village of Al-Tawila in the countryside of Tel…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — The Turkish occupation forces in northern Syria persist in their campaign of destruction against the areas governed by the Democratic Autonomous Administration of the Region of North and East Syria (DAARNES), targeting agricultural crops to deprive residents of their livelihoods and cripple the region’s economy.…

TEL TAMR, North and East Syria — Following the burning of agricultural lands outside the Khabur River Valley town of Tel Tamr, North and East Syria, Mohammed Saeed Sheikhmus, Co-Chair of Tel Tamr Council, accused Turkish forces of setting fire to the land intentionally. He stated that the fire originated…

TEL TAMR, North and East Syria — As temperatures warm and rainfall lessens, fires are again becoming an increased concern in North and East Syria. The problem is made worse by the routine artillery attacks of Turkey and its Syrian National Army (SNA) proxies. In the latest incident, emergency committees…

KHABUR REGION, Syria —  Within their periodic visits to protect the Absentee property, a delegation from the Coordination and Consultation Committee of political parties of the Syriac people visited the Property Directorate of Syriac and Armenian peoples. The delegation included SUP Co-Chair Sanharib Barsom, head of the Assyrian Democratic Organization…

TEL TAMR, North and East Syria — In commemoration of the 9th anniversary of the Islamic State (ISIS) invasion of the Khabur River Valley, the People’s Municipality of Tel Tamr launched a tree-planting campaign in honor of those who valiantly confronted the extremist incursion in 2015. The commemoratory event plans…

TEL TAMR, North and East Syria — At the dawn of the 20th century, tens of thousands of Syriacs (Arameans–Assyrian–Chaldeans) sought refuge in northern Syria following the genocide perpetrated against them by Turkish nationalists in 1915 during the Ottoman era. Another wave arrived in northern Syria’s Khabur region in 1933…