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WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Armenian News Agency reported that a memorial event was held on Thursday for the 1915 Sayfo Genocide committed against the Syriac (Aramean-Chaldean-Assyrian), Armenian and Greek peoples. The Agency highlighted the wide participation of members of U.S. Congress, politicians and representatives of the Armenian National Committee in…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — The Executive Council of Gozarto (Jazira) Region in the Democratic Autonomous Administration (DAA) of North and East Syria and the General Council of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) strongly denounced the vandalism of the Sayfo Genocide Memorial in Beth Zalin (Qamishli) on Saturday. Talaat Yunis,…

BETH ZALIN (QAMISHLI) – The Sayfo Genocide Memorial in Beth Zalin was destroyed this morning by unknown persons, the Syriac Military Council (MFS) reports on its official Twitter page. Our reporters in Beth Zalin report that members of the Syriac internal security forces, Sutoro, are now investigating the crime scene.…

PARIS – On February 8, the French Senate adopted, by 302 votes to 2, a resolution which recognized the Sayfo Genocide of 1915-1918 and called for official government recognition and establishment of April 24 as the annual day of commemoration of this genocide. The resolution has now been submitted to…

ANKARA – The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the Mexican Senate’s adoption of a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide, dismissing it as “a null and void attempt which dares to rewrite history for political purposes.” It added in its statement that it fully rejects and strongly denounces the…

MEXICO CITY — On 8 February, the Senate of Mexicօ adopted a document recognizing the Armenian Genocide of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire, report the Public Radio of Armenia and the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). According to the Armenian Embassy in Mexico, the Mexican Senate also urged the…

PARIS – By 302 votes to 2, the French Senate today recognized the genocide of Syriacs-Arameans-Assyrians-Chaldeans. Senators Valérie Boyer and Bruno Retailleau submitted a resolution on February 22, 2022, asking the Senate to acknowledge the genocide committed committed by the Ottoman Empire against the Syriac-Aramean-Assyrian-Chaldean people in the years 1915-1918. Senator…

LONDON — A long-awaited book on the Christian genocide of Armenians, Syriacs, and Greeks in the latter days of the Ottoman Empire was released today by publisher Routledge. Co-editors Taner Akçam, Prof. of history and genocide scholar at UCLA, Theodosios Kyriakidis, researcher for Pontic studies in Thessaloniki, and Kyriakos Chatzikyriakidis,…

This article was originally published in Turkish on June 16, 2021, by Gazete Sabro. The original can be found here By Eren Keskin human rights lawyer – Vice President of the Human Rights Association (İHD) in Turkey The region we live in is a geography full of crimes against humanity. The…

HAVANA — Film Director Aida Schläpfer al-Hassani and DA Production are set to screen their documentary about the 1915 Sayfo Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire during and after the First World War against the Christian peoples in its territories, including the Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean), Greek, and Armenian peoples. The documentary…