The Assyrian Patriotic Party ( aii, ܓܒܐ ܐܬܪܢܝܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, commonly known as Atranaya) is a

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representing Assyrians that has been led by Emanuel Khoshaba Youkhana, since the 4th APP conference in

Duhok Duhok ( ku, دهۆک, translit=Dihok; ar, دهوك, Dahūk; syr, ܒܝܬ ܢܘܗܕܪܐ, Beth Nohadra) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It's the capital city of Duhok Governorate. History The city's origin dates back to the Stone ...

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. In 2018 they allied with the

Assyrian Democratic Movement The Assyrian Democratic Movement ( syr, ܙܘܥܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Zawʻá Demoqraṭáyá ʼÁṯuráyá, ar, الحركة الديمقراطية الآشورية, ADM), popularly known as Zowaa (), is an Assyrian political party ...

in a political group called the

National Rafidain List The Rafidain List or Al Rafidain National List (or Mesopotamia List) is the name of the list that is used by Assyrian Democratic Movement during the Iraqi elections, headed by Yunadam Kanna. At the 2005 parliamentary elections, the NRL got with 36 ...

for the

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History

The Assyrian Patriotic Party was founded on July 14, 1973, in

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, during the visit of Yaqu Malik Ismail to Iraq, who was accompanied by a delegation from the

Assyrian Universal Alliance Assyrian Universal Alliance ( syr, ܚܘܝܕܐ ܬܒ̣ܝܠܝܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, ar, الاتحاد الأشوري العالمي; fa, اتحادیه جهانی آشوریان), usually abbreviated as AUA and popularly known as Khoyada (English: ''U ...

. Within a short period of establishing the party, because of the nationalist drift between young Assyrian number of members belonging to the party palhundreds, even though the party was a secret to be done, he had been working very actively under the various aspects of social activities, sports and cultural rights. The birth of the party imposed the need to frame the tide growing

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among young Assyrians in general and university, and are not dispersed National Action and poured in a political way possible in which to go forward and take advantage of the experiences and practices of national past and to create continuity in the work and gain experience and accumulation in order to serve our people's cause.

ISIS and the persecution of Assyrian Christians in Iraq

In response to the killings against the Assyrian Christians and other minorities, and the rise of

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such as the

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(ISIS), the party set up the Dwekh Nawsha, which stands for ''The Sacrifiers'' in the

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Suret ( syr, ܣܘܪܝܬ) ( �su:rɪtʰor �su:rɪθ, also known as Assyrian or Chaldean, refers to the varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) spoken by ethnic Assyrians, including those identifying as religious groups rather than eth ...

language.

Dwekh Nawsha The Dwekh Nawsha ( syr, ܕܒ݂ܝܚ ܢܦ̮ܫܐ; literally "one who sacrifices") was a Christian military organization created in June 2014 in order to defend Iraq's Assyrian population from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and pos ...

was formed to "protect Christian territories in

Nineveh province Nineveh Governorate ( ar, محافظة نينوى, syr, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, Hoparkiya d’Ninwe, ckb, پارێزگای نەینەوا, Parêzgeha Neynewa), also known as Ninawa Governorate, is a Governorates of Iraq, governorate in nor ...

, particularly the northern part of Nineveh," according to the group's leader,

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. It had 70 active members as of November

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. It currently has over 250 members in the Nineveh Plains, which is the heartland of the Assyrian people. Several foreign fighters have joined the ''Dwekh Nawsha''.

References

External links

* Assyrian nationalism Assyrian political parties Assyrians in Iraq Political parties established in 1973 Political parties in Kurdistan Region Political parties of minorities in Iraq {{Iraq-party-stub