Syriac Assembly Movement (

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: حركة تجمع السريان) formerly known as the Syriac Independent Gathering Movement (

: ''Harakat Tajammu al-Suryan al-Mustaqill'') is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

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. Its membership comprises mostly

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

, who belong to

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and

Syriac Catholic The Syriac Catholic Church ( syc, ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ, ʿĪṯo Suryayṯo Qaṯolīqayṯo, ar, الكنيسة السريانية الكاثوليكية) is an Eastern Catholic Christian jurisdiction originating in t ...

communities in that country. On several occasions, SAM cooperated with some other minority parties, mainly on issues related to protection of ethnic and religious rights of minority groups in Iraq. SAM headquarters are in

Baghdida Qaraqosh, also known as Al-Hamdaniya or Bakhdida, is an Assyrian city in Iraq within the Nineveh Governorate, located about 32 km (20 mi) southeast of the city of Mosul and 60 km (37 mi) west of Erbil amid agricultural lands, close ...

. Chairman of SAM is Anwar Matti Hadaya. SAM participated in the

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, as a member of the

Ishtar Patriotic List The Isthar Patriotic List (Arabic: قائمة عشتار الوطنية) is an Assyrian political list that was formed to run in the 2009 Iraqi governorate elections. The list's biggest party is the Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council, a party ...

, and secured a seat in the Nineveh Governorate Council. In 2017, SAM joined with other Christian minority parties in formulating a comprehensive political platform on the creation of a new governorate in the region of Nineveh Plains.

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MP Caro visits the Syriac Assembly Movement (2012)
Political parties of minorities in Iraq Assyrian political parties Assyrians in Iraq Syriac Christianity {{Iraq-party-stub

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