OPINION

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…

By Sanharib Barsom The views expressed in this commentary piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. Outside of Tel Temir in northeast Syria, the ruins of the formerly magnificent Tel Nesri church stand stark against the sky, its shattered dome and cracked walls…

By Benoit Lannoo The views expressed in this commentary piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. A church leader from northeastern Syria sighs over the phone, “Everything is being Kurdified.” He tells me that he has warned the Kurdish leaders over and over…

The views expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. By Kevin T. Mason In early September 2014, a small group of local men and women fighting under the banner of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) held block after block of…

By Johannes de Jong @theEUpost On 11 April 2018 we thought we were certain that we had a meeting of the European External Action Service together with a multi-ethnic, multi-religious and gender-balanced delegation from the Self-Administration of North-East Syria. Men and women representing the Arabs, Kurds, Syriac Christians and Yazidis of…