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TEL TAMR and ABU RASAYN, Syria — According to Hawar News Agency, Turkey has destroyed 14 schools, several administrative buildings, and a number of mosques, churches, and shrines in the areas of Tel Tamr and Abu Rasayn (Zarkan) since it invaded in October 2019. The Turkish bombing has not only…

BETH NAHRIN — As drought continues to bite the regions of Beth Nahrin (Mesopotamia) and water systems drop to critical levels, the Turkish government’s strategy of weaponizing water access remains in full effect.  In an interview with Hawar News Agency, hydrologist at the University of Duhok in the Kurdistan Region…

ANKARA / NORTH AND EAST SYRIA —Last year, three members of the Syriac Military Council (Mawtbo Fulḥoyo Suryoyo, MFS) were taken prisoners in North and East Syria by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA). In Turkey, two of them were illegally sentenced to life in prison and the last one…

KHABUR REGION, Syria — With the aim of discussing the latest developments and their impact on the Syriacs (Arameans-Chaldeans-Assyrians), the Coordination and Consultation Committee of their national parties in Syria met, at the headquarters of the Assyrian Democratic Party (ADP) in Tal Tamr in North and East Syria. The meeting…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — In a phone conversation with Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Gozarto (Jazira) and Euphrates Mor Maurice Amsih, spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Aram Hanna informed His Holiness about the overall situation in the villages of the Syriac (Aramean-Assyrian-Chaldean) people in Khabur Valley, amid the ongoing Turkish…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA / NINEVEH PLAINS, Iraq — The water crisis in Iraq and Syria continues to worsen, with water scarcity and drought increasingly affecting local communities, the environment, and the agricultural sector. In North and East Syria, a lack of rainfall and Turkey’s cutting the flow of the…

KHABUR, North and East Syria — Despite the continued violent Turkish bombing of Suraye villages in the Khabur Valley, Armenian Khoshaba Ibrahim and his wife Ailshwa Sha’bo remain loyal to their home in the village of Tel Juma’a, in the countryside of Tal Tamr. “We have nowhere else to go,”…

This article was originally published by Syrian Democratic Times on 18 April 2022. The original can be found here. By Bassam Said Ishak President of the Syriac National Council, co-chief of the US Mission of the Syrian Democratic Council Syriac Christians in Syria made a historic agreement this month. They…

HASSAKAH, North and East Syria – In the presence of a large number of relatives, comrades, and representatives of civil and military institutions, a solemn ceremony was held at the shrine of the martyr Djwar in the city of Hassakah for member Alaa al-Ahmad (“Zaia Tal Tamr”) of the Khabur…

TEL TAMR, Syria — Turkey and its Syrian National Army (SNA) proxies continue their blatant attacks against the civilian population of North and East Syria. On Thursday, they renewed their bombardment on several Suraye-inhabited villages on the contact lines in the countryside of Tel Tamr, North and East Syria. Tel…