Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq continue to threaten areas historically inhabited by Assyrians. Between October 2-6, 2019, multiple...

A mass grave containing seven sets of adult remains has been discovered in Al-Qiyama cemetery located in the Assyrian town of Bakhdida...

An estimated 3.5 million people globally comprise a distinct, indigenous ethnic group known as Assyrians. Tracing their heritage to...

Hundreds of protestors believed to be affiliated with Brigade 30 of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) set up blockades in parts of the...

A prominent Assyrian human rights activist residing in Ankawa, Iraq named William Bnyameen Adam—known by his pen name “Khlapieel...

On June 21, 2019, the U.S. Department of State released its 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom which describes the status of...

Of the millions of refugees in Jordan, little is known about the fate of the ethnic Assyrians among the refugee population. ​ The...

On Monday, June 17, 2019, Kurdish intelligence forces (Asayish) detained Assyrian journalist Hormuz Mushi in Dohuk, Iraq. As of June 19,...

On June 12, 2019, API Director Reine Hanna attended a meeting of the Working Group on Christians and Religious Pluralism in the Middle...

A proposal calling for the creation of new settlements in the Nineveh Plain has alarmed members of the local Assyrian community who fear...

Among the many threats posed by ongoing Turkish airstrikes targeting Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in parts of northern...

The Assyrian Policy Institute has obtained a letter dated December 22, 2018 signed by Shabak MP Qusay Abbas Mohammed which calls for the...

Ongoing hostilities between Turkish forces and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) continue to threaten Assyrian areas administered by the...

On Saturday, September 8, 2018, Iranian airstrikes targeted the headquarters of two Iranian Kurdish opposition party near the Assyrian...

The past week has seen multiple Turkish airstrikes targeting militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in parts of northern Iraq...

The Assyrian Policy Institute obtained a document earlier today sent by the Head of the Nineveh Provincial Council, Kurdistan Democratic...

On August 2, 2018, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered the full integration of specified units of the Popular Mobilization Units...

As of August 8, 2018, Basim Bello has officially been reinstated as the mayor of Tel Keppe District in the Nineveh Plain, one day after...

On the morning of July 30, 2018, hundreds of Assyrians gathered outside the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament in Erbil, Iraq to demand an end to...

The eleventh annual session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) was held in Geneva,...