Editing Assyrian Democratic Movement (section)

== After the fall of Baghdad ==
Yonadam Kanna became the leader of the party in 2001, succeeding Ninos Pithyou. He served on the temporary [[Iraqi Governing Council]] before it was disbanded in favor of the elected body formed after the January 2005 [[Iraqi elections]].

The party's website, zowaa.org, describes it as "a democratic and political organization -- national and patriotic -- to defend our people and their legitimate rights and to struggle under the banner of [a] free democratic Iraq." The site's declarations include calls for official recognition of the rights of Assyrians and "unity of our people under their several religious identities": the [[Chaldean Catholic Church]], the [[Syriac Catholic]]/[[Syriac Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] Churches, and the [[Assyrian Church of the East]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/adm.htm|title=Assyrian Democratic Movement|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref> The group supports the idea of a federal Iraq, and maintains good relations with other Assyrian and Kurdish groups present in northern Iraq, as well as with Shi'a leaders in southern Iraq. The movement is also represented in the [[Kurdistan Regional Government|Kurdistan parliament]]. Party members and Assyrians in general have been the focus of some Islamic insurgent attacks in the time since the fall of [[Saddam Hussein]].

The party also operates Ashur TV, Ashur Radio and issues the [[Bahra (newspaper)|''Bahra'']] newspaper.

The party is based in the former headquarters of the [[Fedayeen Saddam]] in [[Zayouna|Zayouna, Baghdad]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tyson |first1=Ann Scott |title=Iraqi council faces many hurdles |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0807/p06s01-woiq.html |journal=Christian Science Monitor |date=7 August 2003 |access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Szego |first1=Julie |title=Visiting Iraqi Christians tell exiles to stay strong |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/visiting-iraqi-christians-tell-exiles-to-stay-strong-20080627-2y5p.html |website=Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 June 2008 |access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref>

On July 22, 2023 the party joined the [[Athra Alliance]], a political alliance representing Assyrian interests in Iraq.