POLITICS

SÖDERTALJE, Sweden – The genocide against the Christian ethnic groups in the Ottoman Empire began on April 24, 1915. It resulted in the almost extermination of Syriacs, Maronites, Greeks and Armenians through massacres, executions, forced deportations, and induced famines. Despite the recognition by Swedish parliament (2010) of this genocide, the…

STOCKHOLM – Aday Bethkinne, Syriac politician in the Stockholm suburb of Botkyrka, has called on the Swedish government to finally recognize the atrocities of 1915 against the Armenians, Syriacs/Assyrians/Chaldeans, and Greeks and call it by its bloody name: genocide. In an op-ed in the Swedish newspaper Expressen, Bethkinne says that…

BRUSSELS — Danish Member of European Parliament Nikolaj Villumsen (The Unity List – The Red–Greens) told North Press Agency that the recurrent Turkish attacks on North and East Syria should not go unchallenged by the European Union and should be met with public denunciation and sanctions. The peoples of North…

BEIRUT — A number of MPs from the Lebanese Forces party have accused Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib of manipulating and narrowing Lebanese expatriate voters in favor of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM). Lebanese Forces “Strong Republic” bloc, represented by deputies Pierre Bouassi, Eddy Abillammaa, and Imad Wakim, requested…

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…