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Lebanese protesters demand expulsion of Iranian Ambassador
BEIRUT — Over the weekend, protesters in Lebanon staged a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in Beirut calling for the expulsion of the Iranian Ambassador. The demonstrators raised banners bearing slogans denouncing Iranian interference in Lebanese politics and calling for the Iranian Ambassador in…
Read More »Young Syriac-Chaldean man drowns in Ibrahim River in Lebanon
JBEIL, Lebanon — A young Syriac-Chaldean man, Randal Yousef, from the town of Batnaya in Nineveh Plains in Iraq, drowned in a river in Lebanon. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to rescue Randal. He was on a trip with three friends to Ibrahim River in the town of Hashush where…
Read More »Lebanese PM-designate Saad Hariri arrives in Moscow to meet Putin and a number of Russian officials
MOSCOW — Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri arrived in Russia late Wednesday and was given an official reception at Moscow International Airport where he was greeted by President Putin’s special representative in the Middle East and North Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, and Lebanese Ambassador to Russia Shawki Abu…
Read More »LEBANON: Arab League endorses call for Lebanon’s neutrality by Syriac Maronite Patriarch Mor Boutros al-Raï
BETH KERKE (BKERKI), Lebanon – Syriac Maronite Patriarch Mor Béchara Boutros al-Raï this week received a delegation from the Arab League headed by the League’s newly appointed Assistant Secretary-General Hossam Zaki at the Patriarchate in Beth Kerke (Bkerki). Zaki is in Lebanon, which is a member of the Arab League…
Read More »Syriac Patriarch Mor Ephrem II visits spiritual brothers Patriarchs Mor Joseph III Younan and Mor Boutros al-Raï at Easter
BEIRUT/BETH KERKÉ (BKERKE)- Syriac Orthodox Mor Ignatius Ephrem II on Monday visited Syriac Catholic Patriarch Mor Ignatius Joseph III Younan in Beirut and Syriac Maronite Patriarch Mor Béchara Boutros al-Raï in Beth Kerke (Bkerké) to congratulate them on the occasion of Easter (Syriac: “Nuhomo” or “Day of the Resurrection”). Mor Ephrem…
Read More »Syriac Patriarch Mor Joseph III Younan renews call to lift sanctions imposed on the Syrian people
BEIRUT – Syriac Catholic Patriarch Mor Joseph III Younan renewed his call to lift international sanctions on the suffering people of Syria. In his Easter message, the Syriac Catholic primate called on “international decision-makers and all those of good will to make efforts to lift the unjust sanctions imposed on…
Read More »LEBANON: USUP President Mrad calls for national rescue front, “international community will not help us unless we unite our demands”
BETH KERKÉ (BKERKÉ), Lebanon – President of the International Syriac Union Party (USUP) Ibrahim Mrad, heading a USUP delegation on a visit to Patriarch Mor Bechara Boutros al-Raï in Beth Kerké (Bkerké), expressed his party’s full support for the roadmap for Lebanon drawn up by the Syriac Maronite Patriarch. Mor…
Read More »JÎN Women’s Association: Akitu, like Newroz, is an occasion to renew the promise of adhering to the culture of tolerance and brotherhood among the peoples
BEIRUT – Head of the JÎN Women’s Association Bushra Ali sent a letter to the President of the Universal Syriac Union Party (USUP) Ibrahim Mrad on the occasion of the Babylonian New Year Akitu. Ali stated that the oppressed peoples have, since ancient times, celebrated common feasts of joy with…
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Read More »Secretary General of the Universal Syriac Union Party (USUP) in Lebanon Michel Mallo: Despite all tragedies and persecutions, the Syriac people will remain
BEIRUT — In a statement to SuroyoFM, Secretary General of the Zahle branch of the Universal Syriac Union Party (USUP) in Lebanon Michel Mallo congratulated the Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) people, in the homeland and abroad, on the advent of Akitu Assyrian-Chaldean-Babylonian New Year. Mallo stated that the Syriac people, despite all…
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Violent clashes erupt in Zalin between North and East Syria security forces and Syrian-regime militias, several dead and wounded reported
ZALIN, Syria — Clashes erupted between the Syrian-regime’s National Defense Forces (NDF) and the …
