19-Year-Old Assyrian Woman Detained by SDF Forces in Northeast Syria
The API is alarmed by reports that Samira Habsono, a 19-year-old Assyrian woman from Qamishli, was detained by the Syrian Democratic...
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- Jul 9
- 2 min
Updated: Assyrian Woman Arbitrarily Detained by SDF Forces in Northeastern Syria
The API is concerned by reports that Rasha Chamoun, a 32-year-old Assyrian woman, was detained without charges by the Syrian Democratic...
- May 3, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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...
- Mar 31, 2020
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...