NINEVEH PLAINS

NINEVEH PLAINS, Iraq — Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian student Georges Alaa Georges from the Gifted Students School in Nineveh will be representing Iraq in the finals of the upcoming Chemistry Olympiad held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Georges successfully passed the gifted and talented exams, securing first place among gifted students at schools in…

NINEVEH PLAINS, Beth Nahrin – As part of her visit to Iraq, Manuela Demir, Co-President of the European Syriac Union (ESU), met with Syriac Catholic Archbishop Benedictus Younan Hanno. Demir was accompanied by a delegation of leaders from the Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union (Huyodo d’Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA) and the Beth…

BAGHDEDE and BARTELLA, Iraq — The Beth Nahrain Organization for Women (BNOW) recently organized two five-day women’s camps in the Nineveh Plains towns of Baghdede (Qaraqosh / Hamdaniya) and Bartella, aiming raise political awareness among Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian women and strengthen their cultural and organizational roles. The first camp commenced in Bartella…

BAGHDEDA, Nineveh Plains — Bethnahrin Youth held an educational lecture titled “Organization” as part of its awareness programs aimed at developing youth capacities and enhancing their intellectual and organizational awareness. The lecture was delivered by comrade Shmuni Beth Arasan, a member of the Bethnahrin National Council (Mawtbo Umthoyo D’Bethnahrin, MUB), who…

BAGHDEDE, Iraq — The Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union (Huyodo d’Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA) held a celebratory event on Sunday in the Nineveh Plains town of Baghdede (Qaraqosh), Iraq, to mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Bethnahrin National Council (Mawtbo Umthoyo D’Bethnahrin, MUB).  The event, organized by the HBA’s Baghdede…

ALQOSH, Iraq — In a remote village in the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq where no Christian families remain, the stone walls of Mor Odisho Church still echo with prayer — thanks to the quiet devotion of a young Yazidi man and his family. Wa’el Jejo, a Yazidi from the…

HASAKAH, North and East Syria — Iraq remains one of the key countries actively working to repatriate its citizens from camps in North and East Syria. On Sunday morning, the Iraqi government dispatched 30 buses to the al-Hol camp in Syria to transfer 250 families—approximately 950 displaced persons, most of…

BAGHDAD — The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) of Iraq unveiled a series of major logistical updates in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for November.   In a statement released Wednesday, IHEC outlined progress on several key fronts, including the number of public polling centers and stations, as well…

BAGHDEDA (QARAQOSH), Nineveh Plains — In a sober and solemn atmosphere, the Baghdeda Local Committee of the Bethnahrin Patriotic Union (Huyodo Bethnahrin Athroyo-HBA) today organized a vigil to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Sayfo Genocide, which in the year 1915 cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Chaldeans-Syriacs-Assyrians…

ALQOSH, Iraq — The Syriac Directorate of Culture and Arts in Nohadra (Duhok), in collaboration with the Chaldean Church of Alqosh and the Monastery of the Virgin Mary, hosted a children’s festival to mark International Children’s Day. Held in the courtyard of the historic monastery in Nineveh Plains, the festival…