Assyrians in Lebanon ( , ) ( ) are Lebanese citizens of Assyrian descent . Most of the Assyrians in Lebanon came as refugees from northern Iraq and northeast Syria , two of the four locations of the Assyrian homeland . There are an estimated 40,000 to 80,000 Iraqi Assyrian refugees in Lebanon . The vast majority of them are undocumented , with a large number having been deported or put in prison . Most Assyrians in Lebanon have migrated in recent decades , however , the Assyrian presence in Lebanon dates back to 883BC when Lebanon was controlled by the ancient Assyrians during the Middle Assyrian Empire and Neo-Assyrian Empire . In 868 BCE Ashurnasirpal II reached the Mediterranean and exacted tribute from the Phoenician cities . His son , Shalmaneser III , took tribute from the Tyrians and Sidonians and established a supremacy over Phoenicia , which was acknowledged by occasional payments of tribute to him and his successors . In 734 BCE Tiglath-pileser III in his western campaign established his authority over Byblos , Arados , and Tyre . A fresh invasion by Shalmaneser V took place in 725 when he was on his way to Samaria , and in 701 Sennacherib , facing a rebellion of Philistia , Judah , and Phoenicia , drove out and deposed Luli , identified as king of both Sidon and Tyre . In 678 Sidon rebelled against the Assyrians , who marched down and annihilated the city , rebuilding it on the mainland . Sieges of Tyre took place in 672 and 668 , but the city resisted both , only submitting in the later years of Ashurbanipal . Assyrians are one of several minority groups in Lebanon . A Syriac Orthodox ( Jacobite ) community settled in Lebanon among the Maronites after Mongol invasions in the Late Middle Ages , however , this community was either dispersed or absorbed by the Maronites . Assemani ( 1687 – 1768 ) noted that many Maronite families were of Jacobite origin . A Jacobite community was present in Tripoli in the 17th century . The 1915 Assyrian genocide forced Western Assyrians from Tur Abdin to flee to Lebanon , where they formed communities in the Beirut districts of Zahlah and Musaytbeh . Assyrian refugees from French Cilicia arrived in 1921 to bolster their numbers . In 1944 it was estimated that 3,753 Syriac Orthodox Assyrians lived in Lebanon . Prior to the Lebanese Civil War ( 1975 – 1990 ) , there were 65,000 Syriac Orthodox Assyrians in the country . Half of the community emigrated as a result of violence , with many going to Sweden which protected " stateless people " . As of 1987 there were only a few thousand Syriac Orthodox Assyrians in Lebanon
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