Community members observe—and elected officials recognize—Assyrian Martyrs Day, two nonprofits collaborate to provide Assyrian women in Iraq with swimming lessons and record temperatures hit Iraq as it struggles with the effects of climate change.

Assyrian students in Iraq train in crafting traditional clothing, Iraq calls for U.N. action on Turkey and protesters continue a sit-in at Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone.

An attack blamed on Turkey kills 9 in Iraq, a coalition of international Assyrian nonprofits reconvenes after more than a year and Assyrians around the world celebrate Nusardel.

A senior ISIS leader is killed in a U.S. strike, the U.S. House passed an amendment to defense legislation limiting weapons sales to Turkey and a nonprofit restores a power source in northern Iraq.

Rasha Shamoun, an Assyrian woman reportedly detained without charges in Syria, is released, U.S. oil companies pledge to leave the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and an Assyrian nonprofit hosts its annual summer camp for local youth in Beirut. 

An exhibit showcasing artifacts from the Assyrian Genocide opens at a California university, residents in Ankawa allege further land grabs and a nonprofit builds a dormitory for students pursuing degrees in Syriac.

Iraq’s north faces continued bombardment, Assyrian script comes to official signs in a northern Iraqi village after dismay from activists and Assyrian artifacts are uncovered with the discovery of an ancient city.

Turkish strikes target parts of northern Iraq, new reports emerge on alleged confiscation of Assyrian-owned lands in Iraq by a private land developer and a nonprofit installs street lights in Assyrian villages.

Members of the U.S. House announce the formation of a Congressional Assyrian Caucus, party delegates from the KRI parliament reportedly make demands for amendments to the quota system and an Iraq-based Assyrian visual artist recreates a mural destroyed by ISIS.

The Ancient Church of the East elects its new patriarch, an Assyrian football league wraps up its inaugural season in Iraq and a first-of-its-kind MENA comedy festival kicks off in London.