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This article will appear in an upcoming special edition of Gazete Sabro on the Sayfo Genocide. The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. By Yawsef Beth Turo I will not discuss the role of Kurds in the…

This article will appear in an upcoming special edition of Gazete Sabro on the Sayfo Genocide. The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. By Ayla Jean Yackley Syriac Christians living in Turkey will commemorate the century-old massacre…

Booklet issued by Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate, Damascus The Ottomans [1] and the Syriac Genocide ܣܝܦܐ  Following the battle of Marj Dabeq[2] and the occupation of the Levant[3] (or what is also known as Greater Syria) by the Ottomans in the year 1516, the Syriacs were ruled by the Ottomans who…

ZALIN (Qamishli), Syria – 15th June is the annual remembrance day for Syriacs of the Sayfo Genocide of 1915 perpetrated by the Ottomans and allied Kurds against the Syriac people. “Sayfo” is the Syriac word for “Sword” and is used by Syriacs for the genocide against the Christian Syriacs, Armenians…

ZALIN (QAMISHLI), Syria – Daoud Daoud, Head of the Political Bureau of the Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO) spoke with SuroyoTV about the genocides committed against the Syriac-Assyrian people which began in the mid-19th century and lasted until the early 20th century, demanding the Turkish government to assume its responsibilities towards…

This article will appear in an upcoming special edition of Gazete Sabro on the Sayfo Genocide. The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SyriacPress. By Fréderike Geerdink We sneaked  away from a conference, a group of some seven…

ZALIN (QAMISHLI), Syria – In an interview with SuroyoTV on Thursday, Sanharib Barsoum, Co-Chair of the Syriac Union Party (SUP) in Syria, explained the party’s stance on the Sayfo Genocide and its importance for the Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian people and the struggle for the recognition of their rights. The SUP seeks, through…

(Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate, Damascus, 11 Dec 2014) – 2015 will mark the first centennial commemoration of the genocide of our Syriac people, “Sayfo”. In the early twentieth century, during the Ottoman Empire rule, our defenseless and unarmed forefathers and mothers were killed by the sword. More than half a million…

BRUSSELS – Annually, on the 15th of June, Syriacs commemorate the hundreds of thousands of victims of the Sayfo Genocide of 1915.  A terrible fate the martyred Syriacs share with the 1.5 million Armenians, whose fates are commemorated annually on the 24th of April, and the more than 300,000 Pontic…

HASAKAH, Syria – The Syriac writer and historian Mikhail Maggi announced that he is in the process of publishing a new book, entitled “Painful Memories”, in which he explores evidence and documents about the Sayfo Genocide of 1915. In an interview with Syriac TV channel Suroyo TV, Maggi stated that,…