“Arming the rebels — that’s an option.You look at and rethink all options. It doesn’t mean you do or you will. . . . It doesn’t mean that the president…
Geoffrey Khan is racing to document Aramaic, the language of Jesus, before its native speakers vanishBy Ariel Sabar, Smithsonian magazine, February 2013It was a sunny morning in May, and I…
In recent years, around 60-100 Syriac Orthodox families have returned from central Europe to Turkey. Encouraged by changes in the political atmosphere, the minority nonetheless faces a host of problems,…
By SUSANNE GÜSTEN MIDYAT, TURKEY — The bright voices of children at play echoed off the ancient walls of Mor Hanonyo last week, breaking centuries of stillness in this 1,600-year-old…
Leading Syriac figures say they met with officials from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Foreign Ministry in an effort to establish a separate camp in Mardin for…
The European Union has stated that it is "seriously concerned" about a court decision on the Mor Gabriel Monastery in Mardin.The spokesman for Stefan Füle, the commissioner responsible for the…
WHEN the Young Turks enlisted Kurdish tribesmen to take part in the mass slaughter of the Armenians in 1915, Muslim clerics spurred on their flocks: those who slew Christians would…
by Dorian Jones Turkey is home to Syriac Christians, whose followers extend across the Middle East. In the 1990s, many Syriac Christians fled Turkey during years of fighting between the…
A group of Syrian Syriacs have thrown their support behind the struggle against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by forming an agreement with the leading representatives of the Syrian opposition, the…
Twelve Syriac-origin lawmakers in the Swiss Parliament have come together to establish a group that aims to make the voice of Syriacs heard. The group, named “Schweiz Suryoye” (Switzerland Syriacs)…