article_snippet.sent: Modern-day Assyrians are a significant part of human history, tracing Modern-day Assyrians roots back to one of the earliest civilizations.
article_snippet.sent: Modern-day Assyrians ancestors were also some of the first people to embrace Christianity in large numbers.
article_snippet.sent: Now Modern-day Assyrians are battling ISIS for survival in Modern-day Assyrians native Syria and Iraq.
article_snippet.sent: Osama Edward expressed fears then that Modern-day Assyrians would meet the same fate as others in neighboring Iraq.