Assyrian Democratic Movement marks 92 years since Simele Massacre, renews calls for justice and autonomy in Iraq and Syria - Syriac Press

Assyrian Democratic Movement marks 92 years since Simele Massacre, renews calls for justice and autonomy in Iraq and Syria - Syriac Press

BETH NAHRIN — As the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people around the world prepare to mark the 92nd anniversary of the Simele Massacre on 7 August, the Assyrian Democratic Movement (Zowaa) issued a statement renewing calls for justice, national recognition, and protection of their historic rights in Iraq and Syria. The statement commemorates not only the 1933 massacre in Simele, where thousands of Chaldeans–Syriacs–Assyrians were killed by the Iraqi …