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DARAMSUQ — In a significant move aimed at strengthening economic and trade relations between Daramsuq (Damascus) and Baghdad, the Syrian General Authority for Land and Maritime Border Crossings announced the reopening of the Al-Bukamal border crossing with Iraq for both passenger and cargo truck traffic, starting Saturday, 14 June.  In…

CAFRIN, Syria — In a detailed joint investigation by CNN and the Lelûn Association for Victims, grave allegations implicate current high-ranking officials of Syria’s new military leadership in war crimes committed during Turkey’s years-long occupation of Cafrin (Afrin), a Kurdish-majority region in northwestern Syria.   The report, published this week,…

DAYRO ZCURO, Syria — The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), supported by the U.S.-led International Coalition, arrested a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) operative during a targeted operation in the Al-Shabakah neighborhood of Al-Shehil town, located in the eastern Dayro Zcuro (Deir ez-Zor) countryside. According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human…

ANKAWA, Kurdistan Region of Iraq / BARTELLA, Iraq — In a festive atmosphere marked by both public and official participation, the Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union (Huyodo d’Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA) celebrated its 29th founding anniversary over two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, at its headquarters in Ankawa and Bartella. President of the…

TEL AVIV / TEHRAN — In a dramatic escalation that marks the most significant direct attack on Iran since the 1980s, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a sweeping aerial offensive early Friday, striking nuclear sites and top military leadership across Iran. A statement from IDF Spokesperson BG Effie Defrin on…

This article is based on reporting from Sophie Holloway for Lacuna Magazine and Marinella Bandini for the Catholic News Agency. JERUSALEM — In the shaded lanes of Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter, a centuries-old community is locked in a bitter struggle over the future of its historic enclave. Once safeguarded by arcaded…

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…

SUWAYDA, Syria — A wide-ranging civil and political conference held in the southern Syrian city of Suwayda concluded with a series of recommendations, the most notable being the formation of a negotiation team to engage with the central government in Daramsuq (Damascus). The team would represent all of Suwayda’s political,…

TABQA, North and East Syria — The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue to carry out targeted operations across North and East Syria, dismantling Islamic State (ISIS) sleeper cells and thwarting planned attacks against their forces. In a recent operation west of Raqqa, SDF special units, in coordination with the US-led…

IRAQ – Three Assyrians have died in a tragic car accident on the road from Nohadra (Duhok) in northern Iraq to Baghdad. The deceased are the Swedish couple James Sanharib Mikhail (49) and Maranita William (34), and their driver Dinkha Khoshaba. James Sanharib Mikhail and his wife Maranita lived in…