European Syriac Union

Political party in European Union

European Syriac Union is an alliance between different Assyrian/Syriac political and cultural organizations in Europe that was established in May 2004. The group emerged from the Bethnahrin National Council or Mawtbo Umthoyo d'Bethnahrin (MUB), formerly known as the Bethnahrin Freedom Party (GHB) and Patriotic Revolutionary Organization of Bethnahrin (PROB) or Bethnahrin Patriotic Revolution Organization. Today, it is notable for operating Suroyo TV.^[1]

GHB history

GHB is a militant Assyrian/Syriac party, whose stated aim is to create an independent Assyrian state in Beth Nahrain, a reference to the Assyrian homeland. It is an ethnic secessionist organization that uses force and the threat of force against military targets for the purpose of achieving its political goal. The group has a youth wing as well dubbed "Free Youth of Bethnahrin".^[2]

Members

Syrianska-Assyriska Riksförbundet i Sverige (Sweden)
Renyo Hiro Magazine (Sweden)
Union of the Syriac Associations in Switzerland
Union of the Assyrian-Syriac Associations in Germany
Bethnahrin Information Bureau in the Netherlands
Institut Mésopotamie de Bruxelles
Centre Culturel du Peuple de Mésopotamie in Belgium
Assyrian-Syriac Culture Club of Vienna, Austria
Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac Union (ACSU)
Union of the Free Women of Bethnahrin (HNHB)
Union of the Youth of Mesopotamia (HCB)

References

^ "Home - European Syriac Union". www.esu.cc. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
^ "Martyrdom of GHB member Mihayel (Cudi) in North Iraq". www.bethsuryoyo.com. Archived from the original on 2005-11-26. Retrieved 2018-09-29.

External links

Official website
Mihayel Cudi - A Biography Archived 2005-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
Gudo d'Nuhomo - Dawronoye d'Bethnahrin on YouTube

Assyrian people

Ethno-linguistic group(s) indigenous to the Middle East with various additional/alternate self-identifications, such as Syriacs, Arameans, or Chaldeans

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West Syriac Rite	Syriac Orthodox Church (518–) Syriac Catholic Church (1662–) Assyrian Evangelical Church (1870–) Assyrian Pentecostal Church (1940–)
East Syriac Rite	Chaldean Catholic Church (1552–) Assyrian Church of the East (1692–) Ancient Church of the East (1968–)

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Classical antiquity	Seleucid Empire (312–63 BCE) Parthian Empire (247 BCE–224 CE) Osroene (132 BCE–244 CE) Syrian Wars (66 BCE–217 CE) Roman Syria (64 BCE–637 CE) Adiabene (15–116) Roman Assyria (116–118) Christianization (1st to 3rd c.) Nestorian schism (5th c.) Church of the East (410-1552) Asoristan (226–651) Byzantine–Sasanian wars (502–628)
Middle ages	Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia (630s) Muslim conquest of Syria (630s) Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258) Emirs of Mosul (905–1383) Buyid amirate (945–1055) Principality of Antioch (1098–1268) Ilkhanate (1258–1335) Jalayirid Sultanate (1335–1432) Qara Qoyunlu (1375–1468) Aq Qoyunlu (1453–1501)
Modern era	Safavid Empire (1508–55) Ottoman Empire (1555–1917) Schism of 1552 (16th c.) Massacres of Badr Khan (1840s) Massacres of Diyarbekir (1895) Rise of nationalism (19th c.) Adana massacre (1909) Assyrian genocide (1914–20) Independence movement (1919–) Simele massacre (1933) Post-Saddam Iraq (2003–) Genocide of Christians by ISIL (2014–)

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Iraq	Assyrian Democratic Movement Assyrian General Conference Chaldean Democratic Party Chaldean National Congress Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council Assyrian Patriotic Party Assyrian Progressive Nationalist Party Syriac Assembly Movement Sons of Mesopotamia
Lebanon	Syriac Union Party Shuraya Party
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Others	Assyrian Universal Alliance European Syriac Union Assyrian Socialist Party Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party Assyria Liberation Party Mesopotamia National Council
See Also	Assyrian politics in Iraq Assyrian nationalism Assyrian independence movement World Council of Arameans