Back الآشوريون والسريان والكلدان في سوريا Arabic ئاشوورییەکان لە سووریا CKB Assyrer in Syrien German Assyriens de Syrie French Suryaniyên Sûriyê Kurdish Assyriërs in Syrië Dutch Suriye Süryanileri Turkish
ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܐ (Syriac) | |
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.jpeg) Assyrian Christian baptism in Syria | |
| Total population | |
| 200,000-877,000 (pre-Syrian civil war)[1][2][3] [4][5] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Neo-Aramaic and North Mesopotamian Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Syriac Christianity[6] |
Assyrians in Syria (Syriac: ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܐ, Arabic: الآشوريون في سوريا) also known as Syriacs are an ethnic and linguistic minority that are indigenous to Upper Mesopotamia, the north-eastern half of Syria. Syrian-Assyrians are people of Assyrian descent living in Syria, and those in the Assyrian diaspora who are of Syrian-Assyrian heritage.
They live primarily in Al-Hasakah Governorate, with a significant presence in Hasakah city and the cities of Qamishli, Malikiyah, Ras al-Ayn, and Qahtaniyah, as well as in Tell Tamer and nearby villages. Some have migrated to Damascus and other western cities beyond the border of their indigenous Mesopotamia at the Euphrates River.[7][8] They share a common history and ethnic identity, rooted in shared linguistic, cultural and religious traditions, with Assyrians in Turkey, Assyrians in Iraq and Assyrians in Iran, as well as with the Assyrian diaspora.[9]
- ^ "Prior to the start of the war in Syria, it is estimated that the country was home to approximately 200,000 ethnic Assyrians" [1] at Syria: Assyrian Policy Institute
- ^ "The Assyrian population in Iraq, estimated at approximately 200,000, constitutes the largest remaining concentration of the ethnic group in the Middle East." [2] at Assyrian Policy Institute's Erasing the Legacy of the Khabour: Destruction of Assyrian Cultural Heritage in the Khabour Region of Syria
- ^ "Syria's Assyrians threatened by extremists". Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ Turkey-Syria deal allows Syriacs to cross border for religious holidays "An estimated 25,000 Syriacs live in Turkey, while Syria boasts some 877,000."
- ^ Shoup, John A. (2018), "Syria", The History of Syria, ABC-CLIO, p. 6, ISBN 978-1440858352,
Syria has several other ethnic groups, the Kurds... they make up an estimated 9 percent...Turkomen comprise around 4-5 percent. of the total population. The rest of the ethnic mix of Syria is made of Assyrians (about 4 percent), Armenians (about 2 percent), and Circassians (about 1 percent).
- ^ "Syria - Christians, Armenians and Assyrians". Minority Rights Group International. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "IS entführt mindestens 90 Christen in Syrien". Die Welt (in German). 24 February 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "ISIS Attacks Assyrian Villages in Syria, 4 Killed, Dozens Captured, Churches Burned Posted". Assyrian International News Agency. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ Hooglund (2008), pp. 100–101.
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