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The Future of the Nineveh Plain: A Proposal from Chaldean/Syriac/Assyrian Political Parties Further to the unified work paper signed by the Chaldean/Syriac political parties on March 6-7, 2017, we stress the following: For thousands of years, the Nineveh Plain has been known as the home for the Chaldean/Syriac/Assyrian people and…

This article was originally published by Nidaal Watan on 11 February 2025. The original can be found here. By Hicham Bou Nassif | Weinberg Associate Professor of International Relations and the Middle East and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College-California By what standard should Hezbollah and Nabih Berri not have been…

By Suphi Aksoy With the collapse of the Ba’athist dictatorship in Syria, the ensuing confusion in establishing a new political system has paved the way for chaos. Al-Qaeda, a variant of Islamic movements in the Middle East, facilitated the rise of Islamic State (ISIS)-affiliated organizations in Daramsuq (Damascus) by rallying…

By Suphi Aksoy The Syrian Arab Republic collapsed on December 8, 2024, as a result of internal opposition forces and the intervention of international powers. There is no longer a centralized state system within the Syrian geography. After World War I, French efforts to establish a Syrian state continued until…

By Iyad Boustany @heraldgardner The Lebanese political scene can be simply described as the adjunction of two universes of political thinking, more like siloes of political thought. On the one hand, the Federalists and on the other all the rest. Those who defend a project, an idea, an ideal and those…

The views expressed in this op-ed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. By Eli Stephan Mendelek Former President of Tur Levnon Navigating the complexity of diversity is at the core of our Lebanese identity; a challenge only few could win, and at…

This article was originally published by This Is Beirut on 24 November 2024. The original can be found here. Related articles: Charles Malek — Part 1 | Part 2 By Dr. Amine Jules Iskandar President of the Syriac Maronite Union – Tur Levnon The Syriac language serves to connect the Maronites to…

This article was originally published by This Is Beirut on 10 November 2024. The original can be found here. Related articles: Charles Malek — Part 1 | Part 3 By Dr. Amine Jules Iskandar President of the Syriac Maronite Union – Tur Levnon After discussing the first three gifts –Mount Lebanon, Lebanon…

This article was originally published by This Is Beirut on 8 December 2024. The original can be found here. By Dr. Amine Jules Iskandar President of the Syriac Maronite Union – Tur Levnon The raison d’être of a political party is to serve humanity. However, Hezbollah, meaning “Party of God,” exists solely…

This article was originally published by This Is Beirut on 10 November 2024. The original can be found here. Related articles: Charles Malek — Part 2 | Part 3 By Dr. Amine Jules Iskandar President of the Syriac Maronite Union – Tur Levnon Born in 1906 in northern Lebanon, in Bterram (meaning…