Mesopotamia. They are defined as Assyrians residing in the country of Iraq, or members of the Assyrian diaspora who are of Iraqi-Assyrian heritage. They share a
Assyria and Mesopotamia (see Assyrian continuity and History of the Assyrians). Christian Assyrians also have communities in northeastern Syria, southeastern
Assyrians are an indigenous ethnic group native to Mesopotamia, a geographical region in West Asia. Modern Assyrians descend directly from Ancient Mesopotamians
State of Iraq that occurred immediately following the end of the 2003 to 2011 IraqWarWarinIraq (2013–2017), conflict with Islamic State of Iraq and the