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Assyrian genocide
« on: October 19, 2019, 04:28:03 pm »
Assyrian genocide

The Assyrian genocide (also known as Sayfo or Seyfo,[pronunciation?]"Sword"; Syriac: ܩܛܠܥܡܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ‎ or ܣܝܦܐ) refers to the mass slaughter of the Assyrian population of the Ottoman Empire and those in neighbouring Persia by Ottoman troops[1][2] during the First World War, in conjunction with the Armenian and Greek genocides.[4][5]
The Assyrian civilian population of upper Mesopotamia (the Tur Abdin region, the Hakkâri, Van, and Siirt provinces of present-day southeastern Turkey, and the Urmia region of northwestern Iran) was forcibly relocated and massacred by the Ottoman army, together with other armed and allied Muslim peoples, including Kurds and Circassians, between 1914 and 1920, with further attacks on unarmed fleeing civilians conducted by local Arab militias.[4]
The Assyrian genocide took place in the same context as the Armenian and Gre

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_genocide

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Re: Assyrian genocide
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2019, 04:41:31 pm »
This should clearly be in the history forum area. I will let it sit here for the time being but these kinds of things are posted there not here.
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Re: Assyrian genocide
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2019, 05:01:29 pm »
Quote from: TomSea on October 19, 2019, 04:41:31 pm
This should clearly be in the history forum area. I will let it sit here for the time being but these kinds of things are posted there not here.

The point is the content of the article.

During the Armenian Holocaust (or genocide) the Turks enlisted their pals, the Kurds, to help slaughter Armenians, Assyrians,, Greeks, etc.

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« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2019, 05:15:28 pm »
And that has been remarked on a number of times in these forum discussions. That is no surprise to a number of us here.
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Re: Assyrian genocide
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2019, 05:29:02 pm »
I believe some of us also know, that in the year 2019 NOT 1917, Assyrian Christians have served in the SDF with the Kurds and Arabs.

The Kurds apparently are not even the main force in the SDF any longer.  Video posted in the big thread where this one may be heading soon.
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Re: Assyrian genocide
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2019, 06:42:56 pm »
Quote from: TomSea on October 19, 2019, 04:41:31 pm
This should clearly be in the history forum area. I will let it sit here for the time being but these kinds of things are posted there not here.
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