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14/09/2026

First ‘Forum Suryoyo’ brings together Suroye professionals and community leaders in Frankfurt

FRANKFURT — The first Forum Suryoyo was held in Frankfurt on Saturday, bringing together Suroye (Syriac–Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) professionals and community figures, including cultural practitioners, entrepreneurs, academics, politicians, church representatives, and members of civil societ...

14/09/2026

Sound bomb attack targets Greek (Rûm) Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George in Hemto (Hama), Syria, ahead of Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross

HEMTO, Syria — A sound bomb was detonated near the Greek (Rûm) Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George in Hemto (Hama), Syria, causing material damage but no reported casualties, according to initial reports. The incident occurred on the eve of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. According ...

14/09/2026

The Feast of the Cross was celebrated in the Syriac villages of Anhil (Yemişli) and Ayn Wardo (Gülgöze), Turkey, in the historic region of Tur Abdin, where ancient relics containing fragments of the Cross upon which Jesus Christ was crucified were brought out for veneration.

According to local tradition, the relics have been preserved in Anhil for nearly two millennia. As part of the annual celebration, they were displayed to the faithful during the Divine Liturgy and carried among the congregation, allowing worshippers to venerate them and honor the Cross.

The tradition remains a powerful expression of the enduring Christian heritage of Tur Abdin and the deep spiritual connection of its Suroye (Syriac–Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) communities to their ancestral churches and villages.

14/09/2026

Nabih Berri and the blood of Lebanon’s Shiites | By Hicham Bou Nassif

By Hicham Bou Nassif | Weinberg Associate Professor of International Relations and the Middle East and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College-California Nabih Berri is not innocent of the bloodshed suffered for years by Shiites at the hands of Hezbollah and Iran in Lebanon. What i...

14/09/2026

Images of the lighting of the Cross Flame during the Feast (Exaltation) of the Holy Cross at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Our Lady of Light in Ankawa, Beth Nahrin.

13/09/2026

Footage of the opening ceremony for the new Edessaskolan building in Norsborg, Sweden.

13/09/2026

Europe's only Syriac school inaugurates its new school building

13/09/2026

Beth Nahrain Progressive Youth celebrates first anniversary in Nohadra (Duhok)

NOHADRA (DUHOK), Iraq ─ Beth Nahrain Progressive Youth celebrated the first anniversary of its founding on Friday, 11 September 2026, in the Iraqi city of Nohadra (Duhok), with the participation and attendance of members and officials of the youth organization from Nohadra, Arba’ilo (Erbil) and ...

13/09/2026

Ibrahim Mrad, President of the Universal Syriac Union Party, warned that continued Hezbollah control over parts of southern Lebanon could invite further Israeli intervention.

“Hezbollah and Iran are handing Netanyahu gifts on a silver platter” Mrad said “Every gift Hezbollah and Iran give Israel is a gift on a silver platter to Netanyahu and President Trump ahead of the coming elections,”

He called on residents of southern Lebanon to reject what he described as an “Iran-backed terrorist militia,” accusing Hezbollah of destroying homes and villages and killing people “for Iran, not for the South or Lebanon.”

Mrad urged the Lebanese state to assert its authority and warned Hezbollah against continuing to sacrifice residents of southern Lebanon for Iran’s interests.

Ibrahim Mrad Lebanese Syriac Union Party

13/09/2026

Sanharib Barsoum: Gains in Syria have been reversed, concerns are mounting

BETH ZALIN (QAMISHLI), Syria — Sanharib Barsoum, Co-Chair of the Syriac Union Party, spoke to our news desk about the integration process between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as well as the future of the Syriac people. Barsoum said that the imposition of individual...