The Assyrian homeland includes the ancient cities of Nineveh ( Mosul ) , Nuhadra ( Dohuk ) , Arrapha/Beth Garmai ( Kirkuk ) , Al Qosh , Tesqopa and Arbela ( Erbil ) in Iraq , Urmia in Iran , and Hakkari ( a large region which comprises the modern towns of Yuksekova , Hakkâri , Çukurca , Semdinli and Uludere ) , Edessa/Urhoy ( Urfa ) , Harran , Amida ( Diyarbakir ) and Tur Abdin ( Midyat and Kafro ) in Turkey , among others . Some of the cities are presently under Kurdish control and some still have an Assyrian presence , namely those in Iraq , as the Assyrian population in southeastern Turkey ( such as those in Hakkari ) was ethnically cleansed during the Assyrian Genocide of the First World War . Those who survived fled to unaffected areas of Assyrian settlement in Northern Iraq , with others settling in Iraqi cities to the south . Though many also immigrated to neighbouring countries in and around the Caucasus and Middle East like Armenia , Syria , Georgia , southern Russia , Lebanon and Jordan
Assyrian Genocide
Assyrian genocide
Assyrian people