SIMELE

QABRE HEWORE, Syria / ENSCHEDE, Netherlands / WIESBADEN, Germany — On the 89th anniversary of the Simele Massacre against the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people, the Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO) held a remembrance event on Saturday in Qabre Hewore town in North and East Syria. The event was attended by political and religious…

BRUSSELS — On the eight years after the occupation of Nineveh Plains and the villages of the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian  people by the Islamic State (ISIS) and the 89th anniversary of the Simele massacre, the European Syriac Union (ESU) issued a statement commemorating those killed in both atrocities. Recalling those tragedies, the…

ANKAWA, Iraq — The mayor of Ankawa District, Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), in cooperation with the Syriac Writers Union, held a memorial in front of Mar Youssef Cathedral in Akawa to mark Martyr’s Day and the 89th anniversary of the Simele massacre. The memorial began with the ringing of…

ERBIL, Iraq — On the 89th anniversary of the Simele massacre committed by the Iraqi Army that left thousands of Chaldeans–Syriacs–Assyrians dead and hundreds of villages destroyed, the Governor of Nohadra (Duhok) Ali Tatar announced, under the auspices of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the building of a memorial for…

SIMELE, Iraq — On 7 August every year, the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people recall the massacre that took place against their communities in 1933. With the approach of the anniversary, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Mor Awa III Royel spoke about the events and repercussions of Simele massacre, in…

KHABUR, North and East Syria — Despite the continued violent Turkish bombing of Suraye villages in the Khabur Valley, Armenian Khoshaba Ibrahim and his wife Ailshwa Sha’bo remain loyal to their home in the village of Tel Juma’a, in the countryside of Tal Tamr. “We have nowhere else to go,”…

BAGHDEDE, Iraq – Under the slogan “The blood of our martyrs is our torch in our national struggle,” the Syriac Writers Union in Iraq held a memorial ceremony on the 88th anniversary of the Simele 1933 massacre and the 2014 expulsion of Chaldeans-Syriacs-Assyrians from the Nineveh Plain by Islamic State.…

YEREVAN — In honor and respect for the souls of the martyrs of the Simele Massacre that took place in 1933, the deputies of the Armenian Parliament observed a minute of silence before starting their session. The observance was proposed by Representative Zemfira Mirzo An of the Hayaistan bloc. The…

ANKAWA, Iraq — On Saturday, 7 August 2021, Chaldeans–Syriacs–Assyrians in Nineveh Plains, Beth Nahrin (Mesopotamia), and around the world commemorate the 1933 Simele Massacre. The massacre claimed the lives of over 5,000 Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian men, women, and children. The Syriac Writers and Authors Union, in coordination with the Directorate of Ankawa…

ZALIN, Syria — On the 88th anniversary of the 1933 Simele Massacre against the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people in Iraq, the Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO) held a memorial event at its headquarters in the city of Zalin (Qamishli) in North and East Syria. The memorial event began with a minute of silence…