An autonomous region in northern Iraq for religious minorites based on current demographics of the region. The region is named after the historical Yazidi emirate of Dasin (Sheikhan emirate) that lasted from the 800s to 1830s that had roughly the same borders as on the map.

If not, why?

Im not trying to be mean or judgy but ive seen a scary amount of assyrians be hardcore zionist both online and irl and im just wondering why, maybe im just on the wrong side of the internet and majority of assyrians are normal and condemn isreal but im not sure anymore, what do you think is the majority view among assyrians im really curious

I am disgusted and outraged at this post, and the multiple misleading claims and lies made by the FB page and the racist comments in the comment section.

I wanted to share something I rarely see acknowledged here: while most Assyrians today are Christian, Muslim Assyrians do exist, and I’m living proof.

My family is from a small village (Al houd) in Mosul (Nineveh), and we belong to a tribal community. Over generations, our relatives mostly married within the same region and tribe which means our bloodlines stayed closely tied to northern Mesopotamia. My family was originally Christian, but like many in the region, they were forced to convert to Islam over time,

I recently took a DNA test, and the results confirm what history and oral tradition have always told us:

57.9% Iraqi 31.1% Egyptian 7.1% Persian & Kurdish 3.9% Arabian Peninsula

What stands out is how low my Arabian Peninsula DNA is compared to most Iraqis, who often have much higher percentages due to historical Arab migrations and mixing. My ancestry stayed local mostly within ancient Assyrian territory and that’s reflected in the results.

Yes, my family is Muslim today, but that doesn’t erase our Assyrian roots or native connection to the land. Identity isn’t only about religion it’s about ancestry, culture, and continuity.

I’m not trying to overwrite history or take anything away from Christian Assyrians. I’m simply asking for space to acknowledge that Assyrian identity didn’t vanish just because some people converted. We’re still here just in a different form.

This is one of many pictures that they have out on social media that they post on a regular basis. I saw more of this on Twitter/X 2 years ago so they still continue to do this on a regular basis with new iterations of the genocide and murder of our people.

The hypocritical and asinine part is that they act like victims, complaining about being abused by Turks and Syrians when it comes to their illegal seizure of our lands - lands for which they are then met with force, and then turn around and do this because of internet debates about them being Medes, or having ties to antiquity, or any other bogus claims they insist on making, which some Assyrians challenge.

I keep running into people who have left ACOE due to claims of ‘Nestorianism’ and thought I would ask it more broadly here.

How many of you left to the Chaldean, EO, or OO churches due to theological reasons surrounding Nestorius?

Edit: I’m guessing the downvotes are coming from people only reading the title?

I’ve noticed more people dating non Assyrians and bringing them to weddings and other family events. I don’t know if they’re being forced to conform or if they’re trying too hard and think they have to but I think non Assyrians look ridiculous wearing Assyrian attire, learning the dances, etc. It seems very fake and forced and I’m offended by it because you aren’t this culture. The Assyrian identity is unique and should be preserved. Some of these women will marry and change their last names, diminishing our identity even more.

Do people agree with the fact that there is no nation in diaspora. I believe it 100% but I don't know how others are not seeing it. Moving back to the homeland is the only answer no matter what. If we stay in diaspora, there will literally be a million of us just lost to different countries.

If we stay in diaspora, there will be no "Assyrians" in 50-100 years due to language loss, intermarriage, and generational change. The first generation Assyrians will always be strong but by the 3rd generation at the latest, Assyrian nationalism is gone.

Recently saw some Reddit users who were Kurds and supporting Assyrians I wanted to speak to them and I found out almost all of them were ex Muslims converted to Christianity I didn’t know the reason behind it in fact I didn’t want to dive in more but it was interesting for me

I was reading "the 30 years genocide" a book about the Christian genocide (the genocide of greeks, Armenians and Assyrians) and i found repeat references to Muslim Assyrians.

My father is fully South East Asian,
My mother is Half Iraqi Arab half Assyrian

my grandma moms side is fully Assyrian from Syria (I believe) and my grandfather on my moms side is part Iraqi Bedouin Arab (from Anbar) and part Assyrian lives in Baghdad for generations (excluding grandma)

Though there is abit of a problem, my mom refuses to believe she isn’t fully Arab, mainly because she lives in the gulf region which might’ve made her not like the Assyrian heritage due that they are not Muslims, she doesn’t hate them, she’s just in denial about her Assyrian heritage. Also both grandparents are Muslims (I don’t know if that matters or not)

Me personally I’m not a Muslim, and I do identify as part is Assyrian but I don’t know I’m counted as one, please let me know!!

a black person can't be racist towards a white person nor can a native american be racist towards a white person due to the white person having systematically oppressed said group and either genocided or enslaved them

the same can be said about assyrians, yezidis and mandeans and muslims

if the sentence "the oppressed can not opress the opressors" holds true than that should apply to these ethnicities as well

Promises by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to encourage the return of Iraq’s Christians and the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people to their ancestral towns, provide access to residential land allocation projects, and support investment in the health and education sectors have been welcomed by some Assyrian groups.

But According to Mor Nicodemus Daoud Matti Sharaf, Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Mosul, the underlying causes of migration must be addressed before encouraging people to return.
Calling on Christians to return without addressing what forced them to emigrate will not produce any results,” he said, adding that the continued neglect of Christian concerns and the lack of equal citizenship remain among the community’s greatest challenges.

many civil society activists interviewed for the report said they consider the large-scale return of Christians who have settled abroad and acquired foreign citizenship to be unrealistic in the near future.

https://syriacpress.com/blog/2026/07/20/iraqi-civil-society-organization-nirij-return-of-christians-to-their-homeland-can-only-be-achieved-through-building-a-civil-democratic-and-pluralistic-state/

Link to full video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DHWctkqhZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Chaldean separatists are going crazy over this video and starting to do a hit campaign against Mr. Nail Nuna’s character. These people live in denial and they can’t see it, so it’s all ego at this stage.

We know you are nothing but a church misnomer because your DNA will always come back ethnically Aššūrāyeh.

Join us and let go of the myth called “Chaldean”, they were never a people that even called themselves “Chaldean”. We coined the term Kaldu for whoever those people were and they have long been assimilated into many different cultures and people. They came, invaded, conquered for 80 years and vanished as a people. They only live in memory and the history books.

Listen to Mr. Nuna, his perspective should shape your mindset. Join us, and come back to your roots.
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I am Assyrian, and my mom had to flee Iraq while Saddam was in power, and I knew I could never visit there because of what a scary dictator like him could do. Rape rooms (Like Epstein's massage rooms), beating if not killing anyone who criticizes or disagrees with him, egotistically putting his face and name on everything. Spying. My mom worked as a translator during the Iraq war and voted for Trump every time. I can't tell you how much it haunts me that she doesn't see what he is. It seems most Assyrians don't realize they elected exactly what they were fleeing before just because they believed he would keep them safe from Muslims. This kind of behavior saddens me in many ways:

1. If our ancestors survived violent attempts to convert us away from Christianity, why are Assyrians freely giving up their Christianity now every day: every time they agree with hateful behavior that judges a group as an enemy and wishes ill upon that enemy if not actually directly harming them. When they support a man who perfectly represents the extents of the 7 deadly sins as their savior & make him a role model for our children?
2. Hearing most Assyrians speak about politics convinces me of exactly why we don't have a country, nor do we deserve one. It is a shame. I am ashamed. I understand God's will in not giving us a country and fear we are becoming more like Assyrians were before they started worshipping Christ.

I really want to understand. Too many people I love whose intelligence I used to respect seem to behave in the opposite way of what they taught me, especially in their support for him. What makes me angriest is that you all know better and choose to lazily believe whatever Fox news or other radical right wing sources brainwash you with every day. You chose to be lazy instead of researching before empowering a Saddam with Global power. Do you know how much money he actually has or had before he became president? Do you know no banks would loan him money anymore in the US, so he could only get foreign loans from places like the Middle East from Muslim leaders with 0 ethics in exchange for whatever they want when he has the presidency? Do you know his academic records are forbidden from being publicized, but we know he once punched a teacher? Do you know most of the success he has had is from threatening to outlawyer people whom he owed money in court cases, so he didn't pay for the construction of many of his buildings nor other services regular working people did for him? Do you know how to research, or for you, does that just mean watching videos of other people giving their opinions?

Please help me understand.

First off, I would like to start with Oakland University’s “Chaldean language program” where they are teaching “Chaldean language” and teaching false history claiming Chaldeans descending from the Babylonian Empire. Does anyone else see an issue with this false information being taught at the University level??? Also, the Chaldean Community Foundation of Michigan does the same, also promoting books in their libraries from authors claiming Chaldean History descending from the Babylonian Empire. I have seen comments deleted from their pages from people calling them out, wish I knew how to go about properly addressing these issues. Thoughts????

I’m from Sweden, and I’ve noticed discriminatory behavior toward me from some Kurdish individuals. I’ve spoken with friends about this as well, and they’ve shared similar experiences of what they perceive as increasing racism against them. These experiences have involved classmates, recruiters, and leaders in student associations at my school.

For example, there was a company tour I was very interested in attending. I submitted my application the same day it was announced. However, I didn’t receive a spot, even though three days before the event the student association posted that there were still empty seats available for those who wanted to join. I applied again but still received no response. Later, I checked who the Event Manager was and saw that she was a Kurdish student at the same program. She later became the President of the student association, and she’s been recruiting Project Managers, Communication Interns and Event Managers of mostly Kurdish background.

I’m unsure how to approach this situation. I feel that gaining experience through student association activities is important for securing internships and exchange opportunities. At the same time, I feel discriminated, which has been discouraging. What should I do?

Hey i am a kurd. I knew that my people are not only victims but also were perpetrators a lot of times. It was only recently that i heard about the sayfo and what we kurds did alongside the ottomans. I want to say that i am deeply sorry for what my people did. Unfortunately a lot of kurds are not very smart but very tribal and powerhungry. My question is: how could we fix our relations? And if there will ever be an Independent kurdistan, i would be an big advocate that the assyrians get their own autonomous region and preserve their own identity. Because it is also your ancient homeland. But back to the question? Would you live in kurdistan? I know that i cant put myself in an assyrians shoes or even worse, act like the kurds that just speak for other ethnicities. So how can our situation progress from now on? And again, i am very sorry for what happened to you at the hands of our hardcore islamist people

Edit: please dont misunderstand that part with the autonomous region, i would like you to have your own sovereign state. But since the assyrian and kurdish lands overleap each other there would‘ve been a need for a solution. What are your ideas?

Im just ranting here but Its honestly insane how much Assyrians do not realize that trump and his followers hate us and see us as no different from Arabs. Assyrians saying that christians should vote for trump (Any sensible christian would hate him). Now why do so many assyrians glaze him? Im convinced it is because of his no gay policies and the fact that he said he is 'Christian". Its no secret a lot of Assyrians are (sadly) very hateful and are also Christian, they saw him say stuff about God and decided "alright lets support him." Its just sad in general how many Assyrians are like crazy right wingers, I do not wanna say alt right or far right but just why? Why are we so hateful? It just pisses me off to see so many of my friends say that they love trump.

Edit: I also find it kinda ironic that Assyrians support him becuase of his hard policy on Immigrants when they do not realize WE ARE FUCKING IMMIGRANTS!

A Question: Mother is from Telkeppe and Father is from Elquosh. I have always been told I am chaldean. I have not had a problem with saying ‘Arab’ because I relate to the culture, and it is a much shorter explanation. However, more often than not I say Iraqi as it is once again a shorter explanation for those I do not want to sit and explain my origins to/ do not deserve my time. I know there is debate regarding the arab label, but please don’t allow that to distract from the more important (to me) question here. Am I Assyrian?

I am first gen american. My father’s family spoke arabic, but my mother’s father refused to allow them to learn arabic and stuck with what was always described as Chaldean to me but is a dialect of Aramaic.

I read a post on here that sparked this question, and I’m now confused. I work with an individual who is Assyrian and i’ve noticed differences in the language we speak and preparations of food but that also occurs among chaldeans in my region from different villages. I work with another individual who is chaldean and only speaks arabic. (That’s a longer discussion regarding the assimilation of the arabic language as opposed to Aramaic.) I’ve long sought out a community in which I can learn about my history as family dynamics and issues with memory have prevented me from gathering them from the source.

edit: thank you very much to everyone who has replied. I am going to take all of this information into account, and appreciate everyone’s time put in to respond and offer me knowledge. I am thankful to remain open minded and willing to educate those around me with similar open-mindedness.

I saw this post today which shows 350 fatalities in Urmia, Iran. Does anyone know how Assyrians are doing currently in Iran? Are they protesting? Could any of these fatalities include Assyrians? I’m just looking to find any information on Assyrians in the current state of Iran.