SYRIA

TEL TAMR, Syria — The General Command of the Syriac Military Council (Mawtbo Fulḥoyo Suryoyo, MFS) and the Syriac Security Forces (Sutoro) of North and East Syria issued a statement on the 6th anniversary of the resistance of the people of the Khabur River Valley, predominantly inhabited by Syriac–Assyrians, first…

ZALIN, Syria — On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, Al-Hurra TV prepared a detailed report on teaching the Syriac language in the schools of the Democratic Autonomous Administration (DAA) of North and East Syria. The report touched on the work of the Olaf Taw Association, which is preparing…

HASAKAH, Syria — A delegation from the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) of North and East Syria, accompanied by a number of representatives from various political party, visited the headquarters of the Syriac Union Party (SUP) in Hasakah city to extend congratulations to the newly-elected SUP Co-Chairs in Hasakah Canton, Simon…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — In a statement posted to the official Twitter of the U.S.-led International Coalition, Coalition spokesperson Col. Wayne Marotto said that, “The International Coalition is working with and alongside the [Syrian Democratic Forces] to defeat ISIS,” stressing that that the mission has not changed, and they…

ZALIN (QAMISHLI), Syria – On International Mother Language Day, February 21, the Olaf Taw Foundation for the Syriac language celebrated the occasion in the city of Zalin (Qamishli) with a dialogue seminar headed by Olaf Taw’s Jalinos Eissa. Under the slogan “He who loses his language, loses his reason for…

ZALIN, Syria — For the first time in modern history, official educational curricula are being prepared in the Syriac, said Co-Chair of the Olaf Taw Association Jalinos Eissa to Hawar News Agency. “The [Syrian] regime used to prohibit teaching in Syriac and imposed Arabic as a main language,” Eissa added.…

TAL TAMR, Syria — Within the framework of its heroics in defending the regions of North and East Syria in general and the Syriac (Aramean-Assyrian-Chaldean) villages in particular from the violations of the Turkish occupation and its proxies, The Syriac Military Council (Mawtbo Fulḥoyo Suryoyo, MFS) on Friday responded to…

DAYRIK, Syria — On 19 February, the Syriac Union Party (SUP) in Syria held its third general conference in the city of Dayrik (Al-Malikiyah) in North and East Syria in the presence of the majority of its members. The SUP holds a general conference every three years to election for…

AYN ISSA, Syria — Turkish forces and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) north of Ayn Issa in North and East Syria intensified their artillery bombardment of the villages just outside the town, also targeting the grain silos in Al-Mushairefa village. Turkey continues to threaten the strategic stock of wheat…

HMOTH, Syria — During a period of widespread food insecurity in Syria, Director of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection in Hmoth (Homs) Ramez Yousef stated that, after an investigation undertaken by the Directorate, it was discovered that nearly six metric tons of sugar were found in the house of a…