The Akitu Festival was celebrated in 12 consecutive days during the Assyrian-Babylonian empires period with different rituals and activities in each one of those days The modern Syriac people have ...

The Akitu Festival was celebrated over 12 consecutive days during the Assyrian-Babylonian empires period with different rituals and activities on each one of those days The modern Syriac people ...

The Kurdistan Regional Security Council later announced that the attacker was affiliated with an ISIS-linked group. In a ...

The KRSC revealed that following interrogation, the suspect confessed to being affiliated with ISIS. He admitted that the ...

An Islamist attacker went on an axe rampage at a Christian festival in northern Iraq. The parade Akitu - held by Assyrian Christians - has attracted thousands of Christians to walk through the city of ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Two Assyrian Christians were critically injured in an axe attack during celebrations of Akitu, the Assyrian-Babylonian New Year, in central Duhok ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on Thursday stated that it strongly condemns an attack on Assyrian Christians in Duhok city earlier this week while ...

CORRECTS TO TUESDAY, NOT THURSDAY - Assyrian revellers dressed in traditional clothing attend "Akitu," the Assyrian New Year celebrations, in Dohuk, Iraq, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid ...

On Tuesday, the attacker infiltrated a gathering of Syriac Christians celebrating the Akitu festival in central Duhok. He then pulled out an axe and attacked a young man, a 70-year-old woman ...