Mardean Isaac is a writer of fiction, journalism and essays who has written and spoken widely on Iraq and Syria. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/mardean-isaac/rss en Human Rights Religious & Ethnic Groups Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:37:13 +0000 Mardean Isaac https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/06/03/under-fire-from-all-sides-syrias-assyrians https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/06/03/under-fire-from-all-sides-syrias-assyrians Unless concrete measures are taken to support the steadily shrinking Assyrian community in Hassakeh province, one of the region’s most ancient communities may soon be gone, writes Syrian commentator Mardean Isaac.