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Terrorist Attacks on Assyrians Intensify (AINA, June 20, 2004)
October 31, 2014

Terrorist Attacks on Assyrians Intensify (AINA, June 20, 2004)

On the morning of June 7th a civilian sedan containing four masked men drove into the Christian Assyrian Quarters (Hay Al-Athuryeen) of the Dora district of Baghdad, where the masked men opened fire on Assyrians on their way to work. Four locals were killed and several others seriously wounded. The…

Amid Escalating Fear of Massacres, Assyrians Commemorate Martyr’s Day (AINA, August 8, 2004)
October 31, 2014

Amid Escalating Fear of Massacres, Assyrians Commemorate Martyr’s Day (AINA, August 8, 2004)

AINA) — Less than one week after the deadly Assyrian Church bombings in Baghdad and Mosul (photo gallery), Iraq, Assyrians once again will gather to commemorate Assyrian Martyr’s Day. August 7 marks the memorial day for legions of Assyrian (also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs) victims of massacres, pogroms, and…