SIMELE

HASAKAH, North and East Syria — In commemoration of the 91st anniversary of the Simele Massacre, where thousands of Syriac–Assyrians were killed by the Iraqi Army, the Syriac Union Party (SUP), in collaboration with the People’s Municipality of Hasakah, unveiled a memorial stone dedicated to the martyrs. The stone was…

VITA, Sweden — The Coordination Committee of Political Parties of the Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) Community in Sweden expressed their gratitude for the collaborative effort in organizing the Simele Massacre memorial event held on Sunday at 16:00. The Committee reported that the event featured speeches from party representatives, a documentary on the…

CHICAGO — The Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) community continues to commemorate the historical tragedies targeting them by erecting memorials that honor their martyrs and draw international attention to the massacres they have endured. Recently, a monument named ‘Mother Assyria’, created by artist Ninos Jammo, was unveiled in the yard of the Assyrian…

BEIRUT —  On the 91st anniversary of the 1933 Simele Massacre which took place on 7th August 1933 in northern Iraq, the Mor Gorgis Church of the Assyrian Church of the East in Sadd el Baouchriyé, Beirut held an event. The event was attended by President of the Universal Syriac…

LIÈGE, Belgium — On 7 August, Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) institutions and organizations commemorated the 91st anniversary of the Simele Massacre in Iraq. The youth of the Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO) in Liège held their annual remembrance event, bringing together various Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) community groups, including European Syriac Union (ESU) representative Hanna…

BARTELLA, Iraq — With a significant turnout, the committee representing five Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian political parties in Iraq, including the Bethnahrin Patriotic Union (Huyodo Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA), organized a memorial vigil to honor the victims of the 1933 Simele Massacre and to remember the 2014 displacement of Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people from Nineveh Plains…

TEL TAMR, North and East Syria — The Assyrian Democratic Party, in collaboration with the Syriac Union Party (SUP), organized a memorial ceremony to commemorate the Simele Massacre on Assyrian Martyrs’ Day. The event took place in the hall of Saint’s Church in Tel Tamr, North and East Syria, in…

BETH NAHRIN — On the 91st anniversary of the 1933 Simele Massacre, committed by the Iraqi Army against the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people, the Presidential Committee of the Bethnahrin National Council (Mawtbo Umthoyo D’Bethnahrin, MUB) issued a statement condemning the atrocity. The MUB statement reflected on the historical context, noting that after…

ANKAWA, Kurdistan Region Iraq — On the 91st anniversary of the Simele Massacre, where the Iraqi Army committed atrocities against the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people, the Union of Syriac Writers and Authors in Ankawa, Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), held a solemn memorial to honor the martyrs. This event also marked the…

ZALIN, North and East Syria — The Syriac Union Party (SUP) issued a statement commemorating the 1933 Simele Massacre in Iraq, where thousands of Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian civilians were killed by the Iraqi government and military. “We remember with reverence and pride the lives of thousands of civilian martyrs of the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian…