{"id":47622,"date":"2026-04-02T00:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/47622\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:56:06","slug":"syriac-chaldean-assyrian-communities-celebrate-akitu-in-northeast-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/47622\/","title":{"rendered":"Syriac, Chaldean, Assyrian communities celebrate Akitu in northeast Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-04-01T23:13:48+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shafaq News- Hasakah <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands from the Syriac, Assyrian, and Chaldean<br \/>\ncommunities celebrated the Babylonian New Year, known as Akitu, on Wednesday in<br \/>\nnortheastern Syria, particularly in Hasakah province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Observed annually on April 1, Akitu is one of the most<br \/>\nprominent historical and cultural occasions for Syriac, Assyrian, and Chaldean<br \/>\ncommunities worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The celebrations saw notable participation from various<br \/>\nlocal groups, with delegations from Kurdish parties and social figures<br \/>\nattending events. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Activities were held across several areas, including Hasakah,<br \/>\nQamishli, and Derik, and were organized by the Syriac Union Party and the<br \/>\nAssyrian Democratic Organization. The program featured speeches, artistic and<br \/>\nmusical performances from the Syriac-Assyrian heritage, as well as group dance<br \/>\nevents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bashir Saadi, an official from the Assyrian Democratic<br \/>\nOrganization, told Shafaq News that Syriac-Assyrian parties today renew their<br \/>\ncall to recognize Akitu as a national holiday in Syria, \u201cas well as the need to<br \/>\nacknowledge the national and cultural rights of the Syriac-Assyrian people, in<br \/>\nline with other components.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maria Qoumi, a Syriac activist who took part in the<br \/>\ncelebrations, emphasized the importance of the occasion in strengthening<br \/>\ncultural identity and preserving historical heritage, calling for \u201ccontinued<br \/>\nsupport and institutional recognition of such events as part of Syria\u2019s<br \/>\ncultural diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-04-01T23:13:48+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Hasakah Thousands from the Syriac, Assyrian, and Chaldean&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[19578,19577,19579,152,16744,19580,95,16743],"class_list":["post-47622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-syria","tag-akitu","tag-assyrian-communities-celebrate-akitu-in-northeast-syria","tag-assyrians","tag-breaking","tag-chaldean","tag-chaldeans","tag-syria","tag-syriac"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116332395411952785","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}