Tell Shamiram
Tell Shamiram
تل شميرام Marbisho | |
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Village | |
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| Geocode | C4430 |
Tell Shamiram or Tell Shamiran (
Nahiya Tell Tamer
.
The village is inhabited by
Geography
It is located on the Khabour River near the confluence with the Zirgan River, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of the border with Turkey.[5][6]
History
The village was settled by Assyrian refugees in 1933 who moved following the Simele massacre to French controlled Syria to settle in a 25 kilometres (16 mi) stretch of the Khabur River in 35 settlements.
In February 2015 the village was taken by the
Islamic State militia during the Eastern al-Hasakah offensive,[7] resulting in the abduction of about 90, mainly elderly, residents.[8] Several thousand residents fled the city, mostly to the city of al-Hasakah, with some eventually reaching Lebanon. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the village has been emptied of people by 1 March 2015.[9]
See also
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References
- ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Tell Tamer" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
- Fernandez, Alberto M. (1998). "Dawn at Tell Tamer: The Assyrian Christian Survival on the Khabur River"(PDF). Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies. 12 (1): 41, 42.
- ISSN 0035-8789.
- Fernandez, Alberto M. (1998). "Dawn at Tell Tamer: The Assyrian Christian Survival on the Khabur River"(PDF). Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies. 12 (1): 34–47.
- ^ ISIS capture town of and Tal Hermiz the Villages of Tal Nasri, Tal Shamiran, Yalda, Qasr Toma, Tal Harmoz Aghabish following YPG withdrawal .
- ^ ACN Press Release: Syria Extremists IS – seize Christian towns.
- ^ Christians flee jihadists after Syria kidnappings 26 Feb 2015.
- ^ Syrian sources say ISIS executed 15 Christians – with more killing to come Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, February 26, 2015.
- ^ Johnlee Varghese March 1, 2015 Over 200 Abducted Assyrian Christians Being Tried by Isis Kangaroo Court.
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