SIMELE

NINEVEH PLAINS, Iraq — August 7th, know as Assyrian Martyrs’ Day, marks the anniversary of the brutal massacres committed by the Iraqi government in 1933 in Simele and other villages of the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people in northern Iraq, as well as the ten-year anniversary of the Islamic State (ISIS) invaded Mosul.…

ANKARA — In a surprisingly lopsided result, Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP), secured victories in key cities and made significant gains across the country in Sunday’s local elections. The outcome dealt a significant blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions of reclaiming control…

NOHADRA, Iraq — A delegation from the Bethnahrin Patriotic Union (Huyodo Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA) participated in commemorating the 1933 Simele Massacres committed against the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people in Iraq. The commemoration included a Divine Liturgy presided over by Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Mar Awa III Royel in…

BETH NAHRIN — On the 90th anniversary of the Simele Massacre, the Bethnahrin National Council (MUB) issued a powerful statement demanding justice and recognition for the atrocities committed against the Syriac–Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean people. The statement shed light on the history of oppression, genocide, and marginalization faced by the Syriac–Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean people and called…

BRUSSELS — On the solemn occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Simele Massacre, the European Syriac Union (ESU) issued a public statement reminding the world of the thousands of Chaldeans–Syriacs–Assyrians killed in the massacre and the persecution inflicted on their communities to this day. The ESU mourned the 5,000…

ANKAWA, Iraq — The Syriac Writers and Authors Union in Iraq held a solemn vigil in Ankawa to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Simele Massacre, a tragic event in which more than 5,000 Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian men, women, elders, and children lost their lives under the government of Prime Minister Rashid Ali…

NINEVEH PLAINS, Iraq — On 7 August, the 90th anniversary of the Simele Massacre, the newly formed Athra Alliance issued a statement marking the solemn occasion. The Athra Alliance is comprised of five Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian political parties in Iraq — Bethnahrin Patriotic Union (Huyodo Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA), the Assyrian Patriotic Party,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Years of vigorous endeavors of institutions of the Syriac (Aramean-Chaldean-Assyrian) people in the U.S. have resulted in U.S. legislators in Congress presenting a bill in Congress to recognize the Sayfo Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire against Syriac people in 1915 and the Simele Massacre committed by…

QABRE HEWORE, Syria / ENSCHEDE, Netherlands / WIESBADEN, Germany — On the 89th anniversary of the Simele Massacre against the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people, the Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO) held a remembrance event on Saturday in Qabre Hewore town in North and East Syria. The event was attended by political and religious…

BRUSSELS — On the eight years after the occupation of Nineveh Plains and the villages of the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian  people by the Islamic State (ISIS) and the 89th anniversary of the Simele massacre, the European Syriac Union (ESU) issued a statement commemorating those killed in both atrocities. Recalling those tragedies, the…