In ancient times , Akkadian-speaking Assyrians have existed in what is now Syria , Jordan , Israel and Lebanon , among other modern countries , due to the sprawl of the Neo-Assyrian empire in the region . Though recent settlement of Christian Assyrians in Nisabina , Qamishli , Al-Hasakah , Al-Qahtaniyah , Al Darbasiyah , Al-Malikiyah , Amuda , Tel Tamer and a few other small towns in Al-Hasakah Governorate in Syria , occurred in the early 1930s , when they fled from Northern Iraq after they were targeted and slaughtered during the Simele massacre . The Assyrians in Syria did not have Syrian citizenship and title to their established land until late the 1940s
Simele massacre
Simele massacre
Assyrian people