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QABRE HEWORE (Qahtaniyah), North and East Syria — On the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the Sayfo Genocide, perpetrated against the the Syriac people by the Ottoman Empire and allied Kurdish tribes, the foundation stone for the Sayfo Martyrs’ Memorial was laid in the town of Qabre Hewore (Qahtaniyah),…

EUROPE — On the 110th anniversary of the Sayfo Genocide, a series of solemn commemorations was held this weekend across Europe, underscoring both the depth of their loss and their enduring call for recognition of the 1915 genocide.  In Hengelo, Netherlands, more than 50 members of the Syriac community gathered…

BETH NAHRIN — In commemoration of the 110th anniversary of the Sayfo Genocide, the Bethnahrin Patriotic Union Party in Iraq (Huyodo Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA) held a special dialogue session addressing the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire and allied Kurdish tribes against the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people. The event took place in…

By Denho Bar Mourad–Özmen | Former Special Educator and Advisor at Sweden’s National Agency for Special Education Introduction Genocide leaves deep scars beyond physical devastation, inflicting profound psychological, cultural, and structural harm that resonates through generations. This article explores the Sayfo genocide— the systematic extermination of the Assyrian/Syriac people in…

MIDYAT, TUR ABDIN — Evgil Türker, President of the Syriac Associations Federation (SÜDEF) in Turkey, asserted that the Sayfo Genocide mark a historic turning point and forms a core part of the identity of the Syriac  (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) people. He urged the Turkish state to stop evading responsibility and called on…

By Amine Jules Iskandar | President of the Syriac Maronite Union-Tur Levnon and Head of External Relations of the Universal Syriac Union Party During WWI, between 1914 and 1915, Lebanon witnessed a genocide, rarely ever spoken of. Unfortunately, our schools always taught that the famine that decimated about half of…

By Ablahad Hanna Saka | Bethnahrin National Council member and a deacon in the Syriac Orthodox Church The Ottomans dismantled the Syriac family — they killed the father and mother, raped and plundered the children, all before the eyes of the international community. Yet, despite all this, the surviving remnant of…

BETH NAHRIN – Under the banner “Our Struggle to Raise Awareness of the Sayfo Genocide Continues,” the Presidency of the Bethnahrin National Council (Mawtbo Umthoyo d’Bethnahrin, MUB), today released a formal statement commemorating 110 years since the Sayfo massacres of 1915. The MUB asserts that, by embracing the legacy of…

TEANECK, New Jersey/WORCESTER, Massachusetts — American cinemas are preparing to screen the documentary Souls in Transit, which chronicles the tragic massacres committed by the Ottoman Empire and allied Kurdish tribes against the Syriac people during World War I, shedding light on the barbaric crimes that occurred in recent years. Directed…

SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden — A Sayfo memorial will be erected in the public space of the Swedish town of Södertälje. The decision for the monument comes after years of discussions within the city’s municipal council, with heated disputes over design and the national names to be inscribed on the memorial. This…