Havresk is an Armenian village founded in 1928 by Armenians fleeing Turkey in the Armenian Genocide . It was a large and prosperous village during the 1950s , having an Artesian aquifer , library , church , and school . However , during the Al-Anfal Campaign it was destroyed and its Armenian residents forcibly evicted . It was rebuilt in 2005 , however , and now has a population of 100 families . The village has 115 houses , a greenhouse , a school , and a church that was recently built in 2012 . The town 's mayor ( mukhtar ) is Murad Vardanian . The village is located roughly 5 miles southeast of Avzrog in the Plain south of Zakho
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenians in Iraq