 The Simele massacre ( Syriac : <unk> <unk> <unk> d @-@ Simele , Arabic : <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> ) was a massacre committed by the armed forces of the Kingdom of Iraq during a campaign systematically targeting the Assyrians of northern Iraq in August 1933 . The term is used to describe not only the massacre in Simele , but also the killing spree that took place among 63 Assyrian villages in the Dohuk and Mosul districts that led to the deaths of between 5 @,@ 000 and 6 @,@ 000 Assyrians . 
