POLITICS

DIMANE, Lebanon — Syriac Maronite Patriarch Mor Béchara Boutros al-Raï called for the formation of a new government in Lebanon, stressing the need for the government to be inclusive and inspire confidence through its nationalism and seriousness in solving Lebanon’s lingering issues. During his sermon from Dimane, Lebanon, Patriarch al-Raï…

ANKAWA, Iraq — A dialogue seminar about political developments and minority rights in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) was held on Monday at the headquarters of the Mandaean Culture Association in Ankawa, Iraq. A delegation from the Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union (Bethnahrain Patriotic Union, HBA), including member…

BEIRUT — In the midst of the political fluctuations in Lebanon, a delegation from the Sovereign Front for Lebanon visited the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, at his residence in Al Habtoor Hotel in Beirut. The delegation included Lebanese MPs Ashraf Rifi and Camille Chamoun,…

MOSUL, Iraq — A delegation from the Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union (Huyodo d-Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA) that included member of the HBA Political Bureau Qusay Sliwa Daniel and member of the HBA Executive Office’s Media Branch Ma’rib Imad Elias visited the headquarters of the Iraqi Communist Party in Mosul on Friday…

BRUSSELS — The European Syriac Union (ESU) and Sallux, the official foundation/think tank of the European Christian Political Movement, organized a conference in European Parliament in Brussels to shed light on the cause of the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people in Nineveh Plains in Iraq. Invited to the conference was Dr. Aziz Amanuel,…

BETH NAHRIN — The Bethnahrain National Council (Mawtbo Umthoyo D’Bethnahrin, MUB) issued a statement on the 22nd anniversary of its founding highlighting its commitment to continue the struggle for the rights of the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people. “On the 22nd anniversary of the MUB’s founding, we celebrate our continued struggle. During our…

ANKAWA, Iraq — On the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the Bethnahrain National Council (Mawtbo Umthoyo D’Bethnahrin, MUB), the Bethnahrain Patriotic Union (Huyodo d-Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA) offered its congratulations, highlighting the importance of the MUB struggle to ensure the rights of the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people. The statement indicated the importance…

BRUSSELS — To discuss the repeated encroachments on the property of the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people in the villages of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq (KRI), a delegation from the European Syriac Union (ESU), headed by ESU president Fehmi Vergili, met with KRI representative in Brussels to put an end to these…

BEIRUT — Member of Lebanese Parliament Major General Ashraf Rifi received President of the Universal Syriac Union Party (USUP) Ibrahim Mrad and a companion delegation at his residence in Tripoli, Lebanon. “We came today to congratulate MP Rifi for the victory he achieved in the parliamentary elections,” said Mrad. “This…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a statement, Co-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Council’s U.S. Mission in Washington, D.C. Bassam Said Ishak commemorated and remarked on the 1915 Sayfo Genocide. The Sayfo Genocide was committed by the Ottoman Empire and allied Kurdish, Arab, and Circassian forces in the early 20th century against…