There have been many hindrances to the movement , including events such as the Assyrian genocide , Simele massacre , internal conflicts over naming disputes and Assyrian churches , portrayals in media , and Arabization , Kurdification , and Turkification policies . Most recently , the primary problem for them has been ISIS , which took over and expelled a massive portion of the population from the Nineveh Plains in Northern Iraq . The Assyrian Aid Society of America has requested that the U.S. government designate these actions as a genocide against Assyrians in these regions
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