NINEVEH PLAINS

BANDAWAYA, Iraq – In an effort to build community and strengthen cultural identity, the Beth Nahrain Youth Organization hosted a recreational youth trip to the scenic region of Bandawaya, a valley north of Mosul, this week. The event drew young Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian men and women from various towns and villages, united…

MOSUL, Iraq — The Beth Nahrain Organization for Women (BNOW) in Iraq successfully concluded its Psychological Art Therapy course with a closing ceremony at the Youth and Sports Directorate Hall in Nineveh Governorate. The initiative, part of BNOW’s ongoing efforts to empower and support the psychological well-being of youth in…

ANKAWA, ARBA’ILO (ERBIL), Iraq — Jonson Siyawash, a former Assyrian Minister in the Kurdistan Regional Government under (then) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, issued a forceful statement this week calling for an emergency summit that brings together Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian church patriarchs, civil society institutions, political leaders, and parliamentarians. He declared that the…

By Denho Bar Mourad-Özmen | Former Special Educator and Advisor at Sweden’s National Agency for Special Education The Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq represent one of the most historically sensitive regions in the Middle East. This land, home to the Assyrian people, contains some of the world’s oldest Christian communities,…

BATNAYA, Iraq — Reconstruction efforts in the war-torn Nineveh Plains town of Batnaya, Iraq, advanced significantly this week as authorities began clearing rubble from homes destroyed during the conflict with the Islamic State (ISIS). The debris removal initiative, supported by the Chaldean Community Foundation, represents a vital phase in the…

BRUSSELS — The Christian quota in the Iraqi electoral system has been a sensitive issue for years, with critics arguing the system is prone to manipulation by non-Christian actors. Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian political parties have been vocally and repeatedly calling for reform to ensure the right of their people to elect representatives…

BAGHDEDE (Qaraqosh), Nineveh Plain / Iraq – As part of its political education and awareness program for the youth, the Bethnahrin Patriotic Union (Huyodo Bethnahrain Athroyo (HBA), an affiliate of the Bethnahrin National Council) organized a lecture on the Treaty of Lausanne and its profound civic and geographical impact. The…

ARBA’ILO, Kurdistan Region of Iraq — More than a decade after the Islamic State (ISIS) militants launched devastating attacks on Yezidi communities in Shigur (Shingal /Sinjar) and surrounding areas, efforts to rescue and rehabilitate survivors continue. Hussein Qaidi, head of the Office for Rescuing Yezidi Captives from ISIS, announced that…

ASHUR, Iraq — Archaeologists working in the ancient Assyrian city of Ashur have uncovered human remains, burial sites, and pottery fragments, offering a deeper glimpse into the rich layers of one of Beth Nahrin’s (Mesopotamia) most significant capitals. The discovery, made by a German excavation team in collaboration with Iraq’s…

SHIGUR, Iraq — In a move aimed at reshaping local governance in northwestern Iraq, Iraqi Member of Parliament Mahma Khalil Qassem Hassan announced that formal procedures to designate Shigur (Shengal / Sinjar) District as an independent province will soon commence. This initiative follows the recent approval of Halabja’s transformation into…