evidence: The territory around Jazira province of northeastern Syria is called Gozarto (Classical Syriac: ܓܙܪܬܐ, romanized: Gozarto), part of the historical Assyrian homeland, by Syriac-Assyrians.[63] The area has also been nicknamed Federal Northern Syria, and the Democratic Confederalist Autonomous Areas of Northern Syria.[9] [...] Afrin was the home to the largest Ezidi minority in Syria. [...] - ^ "Syria's Afrin: a plundered settlement one year on". Retrieved 23 March 2018.