POLITICS
Parliamentary candidates for the Liberals Metin Hawsho and Anna Starbrink: “Make April 24 the national day of remembrance for the Sayfo Genocide”
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…
Read More »KD politician Aday Bethkinne: Swedish government should stop the denial and officially recognize the Sayfo Genocide of 1915
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…
Read More »MEP Nikolaj Villlumsen: Turkish attacks on North and East Syria must be met with sanctions
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…
Read More »Lebanese Forces party accuses foreign minister of manipulating elections for Free Patriotic Movement
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…
Read More »Future Syria Party: Turkey’s goals in Syria and Iraq are occupation and assimilation
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…
Read More »Iraqi Prime Minister al-Kadhimi: Iraqi people concerned about consequences of political stalemate
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…
Read More »The bishop that Syria still goes without
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…
Read More »Political parties praise the achievement of a new national committee for the Syriac people in Syria
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…
Read More »Ibrahim Mrad: We support Lebanese Forces but hope for success of all Sovereign Front members
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…
Read More »Tripartite meeting between parties of the Syriac–Assyrian people leads to forming a joint Coordination and Consultation Committee
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…
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