The US Commission on International Religious Freedom's annual report briefs on some Assyrian issues, Syria is reinstated in the Arab League and a Baghdad court makes a conviction in the killing of a renowned scholar in 2020.

The father of a young man in Iraq who died of leukemia doctors attribute to gas flaring challenged BP in a meeting this week, an Assyrian man is killed in a shooting at a restaurant in Niles and Iraqn's president will visit Syria next week.

Yazidis ring in year 6773, Armenians observe the anniversary of the Armenian genocide and reports say Israel has doubled attacks on Syria targeting Iranian strongholds in early 2023.

ISIS militants kill 26 truffle hunters in Syria, severe flooding hits Iraq and Orthodox churches celebrate Easter.

A new monument in an Assyrian village honors life-altering losses, Assyrian-identifying candidates field wins and losses in Chicago-area elections and community members celebrate Easter.

Assyrians around the world ring in the Assyrian New Year, Iraq and the KRG reach an oil deal and Israel strikes Syria's Homs province.

Twenty years pass since the US invasion of Iraq, Baghdad wins an oil export case against Ankara and community members begin Akitu celebrations.

NPU negotiations reportedly take motion, Diaspora in Bloom opens in California and a resolution recognizing this Assyrian New Year moves to a vote in the Arizona state legislature.

Supporters and officers of the NPU call for its revival in Iraq, Assyrians run for local office in the Chicago area and a new play by an Iraqi Assyrian playwright comes to a landmark Chicago stage.

Assyrian rock reliefs are reportedly vandalized in Iraq, a US military officer says US troops are still needed to combat ISIS and the Shlama Football League kicks off its second season.