OPINION

The views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. By Metin Rhawi It is not relevant if the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is a conspiracy or one of nature’s many dangers that humanity will overcome. Cough and fever, general fatigue…

On the occasion of International Mother Language Day HDP deputies Alican Önlü, Ayşe Sürücü, Dersim Dağ, Dilan Dirayet Taşdemir, Ebru Günay, Erdal Aydemir, Hasan Özgüneş, Hişyar Özsoy, Hüseyin Kaçmaz, İmam Taşçıer, Meral Danış Beştaş, Muazzez Orhan, Murat Sarısaç, Nuran İmir, Nusrettin Maçin, Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, Ömer Öcalan, Pero Dündar, Remziye…

All humans, societies and peoples are known through their particular identity. The main characteristic of this identity is the mother tongue. The mother tongue plays a decisive role in the spiritual formation of humans, in the accumulation of knowledge and in getting to know and define one’s environment. It is…

This op-ed was originally published by Nederlands Dagblad on 5 March 2020. The original article can be found here. By Joël Voordewind, Member of Parliament and Foreign Spokesman for the Christian Union (Christian Union is coalition partner in the Dutch Government) and Johannes de Jong, Director of Sallux, think tank…

The views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. By Johannes de Jong By any reasonable standard, Iraq is finished. The irony is that this is a consequence of Baghdad’s own choices. In my previous article I wrote: ,,This…

The views expressed in this commentary piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. By Johannes de Jong So, after a lot of noise and one dead war criminal, we end up in the same situation as a week ago. The U.S. and Iran…

By David Vergili As we prepare for a new year, the international political scene has been marked by economic and political demands resulting in protest movements around the world. The popular movements, which sprung out of an unstable international order and saw millions of people participate, forced governments and elites…

The views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. By Metin Rhawi Note: I use the Syriac-Aramaic terms Suroyo (singular) and Suroye (plural) for our people. Suroyo translates to Syriac in English and contains the Aramean-Assyrian-Chaldean denominations of our…

By Johannes de Jong The views expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. The NATO summit has been painted as a diplomatic disaster for NATO and U.S. President Trump. This, however, is simply not true. What is true is that…

By Lars Adaktusson The views expressed in this commentary piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. A large white cross at the entrance to the city of Bartella in northern Iraq testifies to the city’s history of Christian faith and tradition. Chaldeans-Syriacs-Assyrians have…