The ancient Assyrians have been judged somewhat unfairly as brutal people whose only desire was to conquer their neighbors. Although this is true to some extent, it overlooks the important role the ...

Assyria is located in north Mesopotamia and spans four countries: In Syria it extends west to the Euphrates river; in Turkey it extends north to Harran, Edessa, Diyarbakir, and Lake Van; in Iran it ...

The first Patriarch in history to visit the U. S. docked in Manhattan last week, settled at the Gramercy Park Hotel. His Beatitude Eshai Mar Shimun, 119th Patriarch of Assyria and head of the Church ...

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — Isaac Samow's Assyrian Christian ancestors have occupied Mesopotamia for millennia, surviving innumerable conquests and massacres. Now war is again threatening Assyrian culture ...

In Lord Byron’s 1821 play “Sardanapalus,” the king of the title laments that the glory of his empire will someday fade into oblivion. “Time shall quench full many a people’s records, and a hero’s acts ...

On Feb. 6, President Donald Trump issued an executive order on "eradicating anti-Christian bias," ushering in a new task force to revoke policies aimed at oppressing America's Christians. Since ...

The Assyrians, an ethnic group indigenous to the Middle East, are a threatened minority today. Within the last two centuries they have withstood the horrors of strategic genocidal campaigns on their ...

DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Witnesses said the attacker, who has not been officially identified, ran toward the crowd shouting Islamic slogans. DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — The annual parade by Assyrian Christians in ...

At least another 227 Assyrians are being held captive by ISIS after the terror group raided 35 villages on the Khabur river back in February ISIS Despite the release ...

The Assyrian Food Festival Saturday and Sunday focused on the culture of this ancient people, many of whom have settled in Skokie, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove and Niles after their native Iraq became ...