PRESS STATEMENTS

BRUSSELS – Four Syriac organizations in Europe issued a joint press statement on the transfer of lands near the Syriac villages in Tur Abdin to the Turkish national housing agency or TOKİ (Toplu Konut İdaresi Başkanlığı) and the sale of these lands at exorbitant prices. The organizations express great concern…

ANKAWA, Iraq —  The Beth Nahrin Patriotic Union (Huyodo Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA) issued a statement on the 5th anniversary of Iraq’s victory over the Islamic State (ISIS) warning of the dangers posed by extremism that still exist in the country. In the statement, the HBA said that in 2014, with…

BETH NAHRIN — On Friday, in the wake of the Turkish drone assassination of Sutoro martyr Ibrahim Bassam Mikhail, the Bethnahrin National Council (Mawtbo Umthoyo d’Bethnahrin, MUB) issued a public statement strongly condemning the aggressive Turkish attacks and targeting of Gozarto (Jazira) Region, in North and East Syria. The MUB…

BRUSSELS — In a public statement, the European Syriac Union (ESU)recalled Sutoro (Syriac Security Forces) Martyr Brahim Bassam Mikhail who was martyred in a Turkish drone strike on Wednesday, 12 October 2022. The ESU stated that this attack on Sutoro Forces and the Internal Security Forces (ISF) of North and…

BETH NAHRIN — On the eighth anniversary of the Islamic State (ISIS) invasion of Nineveh Plains in Iraq in 2014, the Bethnahrin Patriotic Union (MUB) issued a statement. After the fall of the city of Mosul, the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people faced a vicious wave of religious persecution not seen since 2005,…

BETH NAHRIN — Amid the continuous Turkish violations against residents of North and East Syria, the Presidential body of the Beth Nahrin National Council (Mawtbo Umthoyo D’Bethnahrin, MUB) issued a statement in which it called for ending the Turkish attacks. “The government of the Justice and Development Party and the…

BEIRUT — After Lebanon dropped 23 ranks in Reporters Without Borders’ world press freedom classification, the Sovereign Front for Lebanon issued a statement criticizing the Lebanese government. According to the statement, since Lebanese President Michel Aoun assumed office, the prosecutions and allegations against activists, opinion leaders, and journalists have dramatically…

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…

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…

BRUSSELS — The European Syriac Union (ESU) released a statement in which it commemorated the martyrs of the 1915 Sayfo Genocide.  “On 15 June, we commemorate the 107the anniversary of the Sayfo Genocide that claimed the lives of more than 500,000 Syriacs (Arameans–Assyrians–Chaldeans) by the Ottoman Empire,” read the ESU…