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The Assyrian Patriotic Party (, commonly known as Atranaya) is a
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in
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representing
Assyrians Assyrians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to Mesopotamia, a geographical region in West Asia. Modern Assyrians share descent directly from the ancient Assyrians, one of the key civilizations of Mesopotamia. While they are distinct from ot ...
that has been led by Emanuel Khoshaba Youkhana, since the 4th APP conference in Duhok in
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. In 2018 they allied with the
Assyrian Democratic Movement The Assyrian Democratic Movement (, , ADM), popularly known as Zowaa (), is an Assyrian political party situated in Iraq, and one of the main Assyrian parties within the Iraqi parliament. The Assyrian Democratic Movement states its aims are to e ...
in a political group called the National Rafidain List for the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election.


History

The Assyrian Patriotic Party was founded on July 14, 1973, in
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, during the visit of Yaqo Malik Ismail to Iraq, who was accompanied by a delegation from the Assyrian Universal Alliance. 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. In 2018 they allied with the
Assyrian Democratic Movement The Assyrian Democratic Movement (, , ADM), popularly known as Zowaa (), is an Assyrian political party situated in Iraq, and one of the main Assyrian parties within the Iraqi parliament. The Assyrian Democratic Movement states its aims are to e ...
in a political group called the National Rafidain List for the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election and won a seat in Dahuk. On July 22, 2023 the party joined the Athra Alliance, a political alliance representing Assyrian interests in Iraq.


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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Islamists such as the
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(ISIS), the party set up the Dwekh Nawsha, which stands for ''The Sacrifiers'' in the
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language. Dwekh Nawsha was formed to "protect Christian territories in Nineveh province, particularly the northern part of Nineveh," according to the group's leader, Albert Kisso. It had 70 active members as of November
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. It currently has over 250 members in the
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, which is the heartland of the Assyrian people. Several foreign fighters have joined the ''Dwekh Nawsha''.


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* {{Assyrian/Syriac/Chaldean political parties Assyrian nationalism Assyrian political parties Assyrians in Iraq Political parties established in 1973 Political parties in Kurdistan Region Political parties of minorities in Iraq Assyrian organizations