Join the WCA Art Prize and win €250
On 18 March 2021, WCA invited creative minds and artists to contribute to the WCA Art Prize 2021 and win €250! This initiative was taken to remember and honor the kidnapped Archbishop of Aleppo, Syria, Mor Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim. For more background on this underreported issue, see here.
PYD Security Releasing ISIS Prisoners In Syria In Exchange For Money
Sources from the infamous al-Hol camp in Northeast Syria confirm that the Kurdish forces are releasing ISIS terrorists in return for money. Local Aramean Christians condemn this form of corruption, which also threatens the security and stability of this volatile region.
Two Aramean (Syriac) Christians killed, five others injured in Northeast Syria
Yesterday, two Arameans (Syriacs) were killed on the road from Qamishli to Deir Ezzor by two unidentified gunmen. The two victims were a priest of the Armenian Catholic Church in Qamishli and his father. A few hours later, three big explosives went off in Qamishli, killing several civilians and injuring a dozen of others, including five Aramean Christians.
USAID Recognizes Partnership with WCA in Bartella, North Iraq
On 7 September 2020, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recognized its partnership with the World Council of Arameans (Syriacs) (WCA) regarding the reconstruction of a community center. After ISIS seized the largely Aramean Christian town of Bartella in the Nineveh Plain in August 2014, it began to make use of this building.
PYD/PYG Exploits Education Again As Tool To Kurdify Northeast Syria
Last week, Aramean Christian students from Northeast Syria were infuriated, because they are prohibited to complete their last exams, granting them access to universities. The self-declared Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, led by the PYD/YPG Kurds, thereby puts the future of young generations at risk and continues its long-known plan of transforming this fertile part of the country into an independent Kurdish region.
Female Aramean Christian in Syria Constitutional Committee - one of five proposed WCA candidates has been selected by the UN
Ms. Hala Naoum Néhmé is one of the candidates proposed by WCA who has been selected by the United Nations to be part of the Syria Constitutional Committee. Its 150 members, who are scheduled to meet in Geneva on 30 October, will draft a new constitution for Syria. The WCA representative lives in the Netherlands, but originates from Aleppo.
WCA Partners With USAID In Reconstructing Community Center In Bartella, North Iraq
As part of a shared commitment to help rebuild the threatened ethno-religious minorities in Iraq, in November 2019 the World Council of Arameans (Syriacs) (WCA) partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support a critically important project in the largely Aramean town of Bartella in the Nineveh Plain.
PYD/YPG Kurds Still Dig Tunnels Under Aramean Houses In Northeast Syria
Last week, an Aramean woman from Qamishli became terrified when she discovered that two Kurdish militiamen were digging a tunnel that ended up in the backyard of her house in the Gharbiye district. Aramean Christians across Northeast Syria have been complaining more than once about this military strategy that is being employed by the PYD/YPG Kurds.
Syrian Christians Proclaim “Trump is right on Syria!” YPG Kurds are responsible for escalation in Northeast Syria
“President Trump is right on Syria!,” according to Johny Messo, the President of the World Council of Arameans (Syriacs) (“WCA”). Withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria and halting financial and arms support to the YPG Kurds may help restore peace and security in Syria. Messo further argues that “the YPG Kurds are responsible for the current escalation in the northeast and that they hold the key for peace in this part of our ancestral homeland.”
