KHABUR

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…

TEL TAMR, North and East Syria — On the 9th anniversary of the invasion of the Syriac–Assyrian villages of the Khabur River Valley by the Islamic State (ISIS), Suroyo TV interviewed Commander of the Syriac Military Council (MFS) for Tel Tamr Orum Suroyo. During the interview, Suroyo underscored the MFS’s…

TEL TAMR, North and East Syria — During the commemoration of the 9th anniversary of the invasion of the Khabur River Valley in North and East Syria by the Islamic State (ISIS) organized by the Coordination Committee of Syriac-Assyrian Nationalist Political Parties, Afram Ishaq, a member of the Executive Committee…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — The Coordination Committee of Syriac-Assyrian Nationalist Political Parties marked the 9th anniversary of the Islamic State (ISIS) invasion of the Khabur River Valley in North and East Syria. The commemoration, held in the town of Tel Tamr, northeast of Hasakah, saw the participation of institutions…

ZALIN, Syria —  On 23 February, 2015, the Islamic State (ISIS) launched an attack on the Khabur River Valley, inhabited by the Syriac (Aramean-Chaldean-Assyrian) people. ISIS attack inflicted a tragedy in the region, including mass displacements, killings, destruction of property and churches. In a statement, the Syriac Union Party (SUP)…

KHABUR, North and East Syria — On the 9th anniversary of the Islamic State’s (ISIS) attack on the Syriac–Assyrian villages of the Khabur River Valley, the Syriac Military Council (Mawtbo Fulhoyo Suryoyo, MFS) issued a public statement, underscoring the significance of their resistance against the terrorist group’s onslaught. The MFS…