International Conference on “Armenians of Iraq” at Haigazian University, May 29-31, 2017

International Conference on “Armenians of Iraq” at Haigazian University, May 29-31, 2017

Organized by the Armenian Diaspora Research Center at Haigazian University, and supported by the Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the conference on “Armenians of Iraq” took place over the course of three days. On Monday, May 29, the official opening

The Nineveh Plains and the Future of Minorities in Iraq (By Yousif Kalian)

The Nineveh Plains and the Future of Minorities in Iraq (By Yousif Kalian)

When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) stormed northern Iraq and took over Mosul in the summer of 2014, it ran a parallel campaign of genocide against the minorities of the Nineveh Plains. For many of these groups, including Christians and