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May 3
5 min

World Press Freedom Day 2020: Threats Faced by Assyrian Journalists

The United Nations recognizes May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day, observed to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press ...

Apr 9
7 min

COVID-19: The Impact on Assyrian Refugees and IDPs

The spread of COVID-19 puts Assyrian and other refugees and internally-displaced peoples (IDPs) at particular risk. The majority of Chris...

Mar 31
2 min

New Report: Erasing the Legacy of Khabour: Destruction of Assyrian Cultural Heritage in the Khabour

The Assyrian Policy Institute announces the release of "Erasing the Legacy of Khabour: Destruction of Assyrian Cultural Heritage in the K...

Oct 10, 2019
2 min

API Statement on Turkish Offensive in Northeastern Syria

The Assyrian Policy Institute condemns the Turkish military incursion into northern Syria and the reported indiscriminate airstrikes whic...

Aug 9, 2019
4 min

API Statement on Indigenous Peoples' Day 2019

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

Jul 11, 2019
1 min

Explosion targets church in Assyrian district of Qamishli, Syria

On July 11, 2019, a car bomb exploded outside the entrance of the Syriac Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary in the al-Wusta district of Q...

Jun 25, 2019
8 min

Highlights from 2018 U.S. State Department International Religious Freedom Report

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

Feb 23, 2019
2 min

Statement on the 4th Anniversary of the ISIS Assault on Khabour

Four years ago today, ISIS terrorists launched an assault on the 35 Assyrian villages in the Khabour Region in northeastern Syria. Dozens...

Sep 30, 2018
2 min

Kurdish Self-Administration in Syria: Release Assyrian Journalist Souleman Yusph

Today, on September 30, 2018, the Kurdish self-administration in northern Syria comprising of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its su...

Aug 28, 2018
2 min

Assyrians in Syria Protest PYD's Closure of Schools in Qamishli

On the morning of August 28, 2018, militiamen belonging to the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Sutoro, a force affiliated wi...

Aug 10, 2018
3 min

Kurdish Self-Administration Orders Closure of Assyrian Schools in Northern Syria

The Kurdish self-administration in northern Syria has ordered the closing of Assyrian schools in Derik (Malikiyyah), Syria. Notices were ...

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