The Plight of Ancient Christians in Northeast Syria
Outside of Tel Temir in northeast Syria, the ruins of the formerly magnificent Tel Nesri church stand stark against the sky, its shattered dome and cracked walls a testament to the brutal history of the region. Tel Nesri used to be a Christian settlement of 70 families, part of the multi-ethnic tapestry of the region, where a quarter of a million Christians lived alongside the Kurdish, Arab, Armenian, Turkmen, Yezidi and Circassian communities.
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ESU & Swedish MP Lars Adaktusson visit the Nineveh Plain in Iraq
ESU foreign affairs representative Metin Rhawi on his recent visit with Swedish MP Lars Adaktusson to the NP in Iraq: the presence and continuation of our people in the NP is becoming more threatening.
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‘Soft’ Ethnic Cleansing as Jihadists Steal Christian Lands in NE Syria
Christians, Kurds caught in crossfire as fighting continues in NE Syria; plus ‘soft’ ethnic cleansing as Jihadists steal Christian lands; and South Africans premiere biblical musical of Daniel in Jerusalem to bless the Jewish State.
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Asuri-Süryaniler’den mesaj: Soykırıma izin vermeyin - do not allow another Genocide!
An Urgent Message from Syriacs-Assyrians: do not allow another Genocide! Shleymun Rhawi, representative of the European Syriac Union (ESU), and Sabri Atman, president of Seyfo Center, the Syriac Genocide and Research Center, make it very clear, the Turkish state targets Syriac-Assyrian people with its invasion of NE Syria.
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US House of Representatives recognizes the 1915 genocide on Armenians, Syriacs & Greeks

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Stop Turkish Invasion! Protect Syriac Christians from Extinction from their Homeland!

The war in Syria has been raging for eight years now. Hundreds of thousands have died. Millions have fled to safety. But this was not enough. Turkey has its mind set on destroying the biggest hope for a democratic, pluralistic and free Syria. Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/european-union-peace-in-north-east-syria-stop-turkish-aggression
STOP THE EXTINCTION OF SYRIACS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST! WITHOUT ORIENTAL CHRISTIANS, NO PLURALISTIC DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS POSSIBLE!
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Syriac Christians on “Genocide Watch”

Our people, the Syriacs (Chaldean-Assyrian-Aramean), as well as the Armenian people are the grandchildren of the survivors of the Ottoman Turkish Genocide that happened in 1915. On the 10th of October 2019, the Turkish army invaded our lands and attacked our people using former ISIS, Al Qaeda and other radical Islamic fighters. These fighters, which are paid by NATO ally Turkey, have committed human rights abuses, declared they will ethnically cleanse the area and support the same ideology as groups like ISIS.
Open letter to his Excellency Mr Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Dear Sir,
We have always believed that the political solution and dialogue are the most important ways to resolve issues in Syria. We have shown our readiness in this regards and accepted that there will be other solutions with our neighbouring country, i.e. Turkey, regarding border security. However, Turkey disavowed the things that we agreed on and began to attack our peoples in north and east Syria
No-fly zone over North East Syria Stop the Ottoman Turkish invading North East Syria Don’t let Christianity be driven out of North East Syria

On Sunday the 6th of October, 2019, the President of the USA issued a statement giving Turkey the green light to carry out a military invasion into the area controlled by the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria – DAA. It appears that this decision was not done in coordination with other International Coalition Partners in the area. More importantly the decision to abandon the DAA and their forces (SDF) that fought alongside the International Coalition Forces to push back ISIS, is a betrayal of the DAA and it‘s people, which compromises not only Kurds, but Christians and Arab tribes that fought together with the USA. This decision will lead to a number of far reaching affects that will cause further instability in the region:
Berlin Conference Calls for a Broad Alliance for Democracy and a New Social Contract in Turkey

"Come, from now on we will talk about the Turkey we want to live in together". With this motto to work together for a more equal, fair, free and democratic Turkey, a colorful gathering of Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish and Syriac exiled and/or opposition politicians, artists, journalists, academics and representatives of different ethnic groups convened the conference “The Social Contract Quest for a Democratic Turkey” in Berlin on 21-22 September. The conference was prepared by tens of organizations of which the European Syriac Union was one. In different panels and workshops the attendees discussed perspectives and solutions out of the increasing authoritarian state the Turkish Republic is currently in.