A memorandum from American Presbyterian Missionaries at Urmia During the Great War 16 to British Minister Sir Percy Cox had this to say : Capt. Gracey doubtless talked rather big in the hopes of putting heart into the Assyrians and holding up this front against the Turks . Consequently , We have met all the orders issued by the late Dr. Shedd which have been presented to us and a very large number of Assyrian refugees are being maintained at Baquba , chiefly at H.M.G. 's expense . In 1920 , the British decided to close down the Baquba camps . The majority of Assyrians of the camp decided to go back to the Hakkari mountains , while the rest were dispersed throughout Iraq , where there was already an Assyrian community . However , they would again be targeted there in the 1933 Simele massacre
Simele massacre
Simele massacre
Assyrian genocide