When Turkey conducted ethnic cleasing against its Christian populations , Kurds were responsible for most of the atrocities against Assyrians . At the onset of the 20th century , Kurds cooperated with Ottoman authorities in the massacres against Armenian and Assyrian Christians in Upper Mesopotamia . Many Assyrians from Hakkari settled in Syria after they were displaced and driven out by Ottoman Turks in the early 20th century . During the 1930s and 1940s , many Assyrians resettled in northeastern Syrian villages , such as Tel Tamer , Al-Qahtaniyah , Al Darbasiyah , Al-Malikiyah , Qamishli and a few other small towns in Al-Hasakah Governorate
Armenian
Armenian Genocide
Syrian-Assyrians