Assyrian exodus from Iraq
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The Assyrian exodus from Iraq is a part of refers to the mass flight and expulsion of ethnic Assyrians from Iraq, a process which was initiated from the beginning of Iraq War in 2003 and continues to this day. Leaders of Iraq's Assyrian community estimate that over two-thirds of the Iraqi Assyrian population may have fled the country or been internally displaced since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 until 2011. Reports suggest that whole neighborhoods of Assyrians have cleared out in the cities of Baghdad and Basra, and that Sunni insurgent groups and militias have threatened Assyrians.[1] Following the campaign of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in northern Iraq in August 2014, one quarter of the remaining Iraqi Assyrians fled the Jihadists, finding refuge in Turkey and Kurdistan Region.[2]
The Guardian published that the violence faced by Assyrians has led to a drop in their numbers in Iraq from at least 800,000 in 2003 to 400,000 in 2011.
Background
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Total population | Chaldean Catholic |
Syriac Catholic | Syriac Orthodox | Assyrian Church of the East |
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165,000 | 98,000 | 25,000 | 12,000 | 30,000 |
The report goes on and states 20% of the Assyrians live in Baghdad and 60% in Mosul.
The Iraqi Minorities Council and the Minority Rights Group International estimated that Iraq's pre-war Assyrian population was 800,000.[7]
Timeline
During Iraq War (2003–2011)
Assyrians in post-Ba'athist Iraq have faced high rate of persecution by
During Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
By 2011, a large number of Assyrians had found refuge in their villages in Nineveh Plains and the Kurdistan Region.[12] This led some Assyrians and Iraqi and foreign politicians to call for an Assyrian autonomous region in those areas.[13]
Starting from 2013, however, the rise of the
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- ^ Mardean Isaac (2011-12-24). "The desperate plight of Iraq's Assyrians and other minorities". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
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- ^ a b Isaac, Paul (2007-05-08). "The assault on Assyrian Christians". The New York Times.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
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