Newsletter

Breaking News: U.S. House of Representatives Calls upon Turkey to Return Christian Properties

London, UK – On Tuesday, 13 December 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives sent a powerful message to Turkey by adopting House Resolution 306 with a landslide vote of 43 to 1. This decision calls upon the Government of Turkey to guarantee religious freedom and return stolen properties to its diminishing indigenous Christian populations like the Armenians, Greeks and Arameans (Syriacs).

Read full article | 23/Jan/2012

EU: Comments and Amendments for Draft Resolution on Turkey’s 2011 Progress Report

In addition to the COVER LETTER BELOW, read the SUA's proposals for amendments (pp. 3-5).

Read full article | 16/Jan/2012

JOINT STATEMENT: Middle East Christian Leaders condemn the Massacre of Copts in Cairo

On behalf of the Aramean (Syriac) people, the Syriac Universal Alliance strongly condemns the recent wave of violence against the indigenous Christian people in Egypt. We stand united with the Copts and all other persecuted, ignored and uprooted indigenous peoples of the Middle East.

Middle East Christian Leaders condemn the Massacre of Copts in Cairo

Washington DC
October 10th 2011

Read full article | 11/Oct/2011

Arab Spring Must Protect Native Minorities in the Middle East

The Syriac Universal Alliance (SUA) gave two rousing speeches at the 18th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, on 21 and 23 September 2011.

Both speeches focused on the plight of the Aramean (Syriac) people in Turkey, Syria and Iraq. However, it was the reference to the so-called “Arab Spring” and the lack of true opportunity, freedom or democracy for the Arameans and other minority groups, such as the Armenians, Copts and Greeks, which stirred up most interest.

Read full article | 28/Sep/2011

Breaking News: U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Calls upon Turkey to Return Christian Properties

Yesterday, 20 July 2011, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee sent a powerful message to Turkey by adopting the Berman-Cicilline Amendment, with a vote of 43 to 1, that calls upon the Government of Turkey to guarantee religious freedom and return stolen properties to its diminishing indigenous Christian populations like the Armenians, Greeks and Arameans (Syriacs).

Read full article | 21/Jul/2011

Congratulations on Installation of New Governorship in the Mardin Province

To His Excellency Turhan Ayvaz,
Governor of the Mardin Province

Read full article | 29/Mar/2011

Congratulations upon Election as 77th Patriarch of the Maronite Syriac Church of Antioch

To His Beautitude and Eminence Mor Bechara Rahi,
the 77th Patriarch of Antioch and the Whole Levant:

Read full article | 15/Mar/2011

Request for Appointment on Forthcoming Resolution on Turkey’s 2010 Progress Report

Dear Mrs. Oomen-Ruijten,

On 6 January 2011, I wrote you in relation to your Draft Motion for a Resolution on Turkey’s 2010 Progress Report (“Draft Motion”). The letter offered a humble proposal of three amendments and four new articles by the Syriac Universal Alliance. They all directly pertain to the endangered yet neglected position of the Aramean (Syriac) people in their ancestral homeland in Southeast Turkey.

Read full article | 20/Jan/2011