POLITICS

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — The Future Syria Party issued a statement on Wednesday saying that Turkey’s objectives in Syria and Iraq are clear: occupation and Turkification. The statement urged the people of both countries to unite against the Turkish colonial project. The full statement from the Future Syria Party…

BAGHDAD — During a speech at a ceremony for an Iraqi organization, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said that Iraq is facing a political crisis and that the Iraqi people believe that hope is created by true democracy, the peaceful transfer of power, the love of the homeland, the defense…

This article was originally published in German on April 20, 2016 by Die WELT. The original can be found here. By Alfred Hackensberger Correspondent for WELT ALEPPO – Safia wears a bulletproof vest and carries a nine-millimeter gun in her holster. A bullet hangs from a chain around her neck. “The last one,” she…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — After the signing on April 1, Ha Nison or Akitu New Year, of the document of Political Understanding between the Syriac Union Party and the Assyrian Democratic Organization, a new joint document was signed on Thursday. A third Syriac party sat down at the coordination…

BEIRUT — Ibrahim Mrad, the head of the Universal Syriac Union Party (USUP) in Lebanon, received journalist Mona Labaki, candidate in the parliamentary elections for the Maronite seat in the Matn constituency on the Matn Change list, to discuss issues of common interest and the party’s role and commitment to…

On Thursday, 14 April 2022, the Syriac Union Party, Assyrian Democratic Party, and Assyrian Democratic Organization held a meeting in Tel Tamr, the largest city in the Khabur River Valley in North and East Syria. The three parties signed a document that included forming a joint Coordination and Consultation Committee…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Syriac National Council of Syria (SSNC) issued a statement regarding the document of understanding signed by the Syriac Union Party (SUP) in Syria and the Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO). Members of SUP and ADO jointly celebrated Akitu in Beth Nahrin (Mesopotamia) this year and issued a…

AL-MATN, Lebanon — President of the Universal Syriac Union Party (USUP) Ibrahim Mrad met with head of the National Liberal Party Camille Dori Chamoun, a candidate for the Syriac Maronite seat in Baabda, at the USUP headquarters in Sad el-Bouchrieh, Lebanon. Chamoun was accompanied by a party delegation that included…

ANKARA — Former Co-Chair of the left-wing Peoples’ Democratic Party (Halkların Demokratik Partisi, HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş stated that a candidate can be supported in the upcoming presidential elections provided that they accepts the document of the HDP stance. “What matters is not the name of the presidential candidate, but the…

STOCKHOLM — At the invitation of the Olof Palme International Center and in partnership with the Preparatory Committee for the Conference of National Forces and Personalities, the Second Stockholm Meeting was held from 9-10 April. The first meeting was held in December 2021. Democratic figures and representatives of many Syrian…