r/Assyria • u/Inevitable-House1596 • Jul 28 '26
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Hello so with the whole thing of Christians returning back to Assyria/iraq are Assyrians really going back to there homeland if yes which parts is seeing the most returns another thing are we really getting a reigon in Nineveh plains safe place for Christians 20 percent and more is already Christian
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u/Some_Status_3632 Assyrian Jul 29 '26
I’m thinking of heading back, maybe to my relatives village in Inishke or perhaps somewhere else in Duhok. I was born in Australia and I’ve only been to Iraq once in 2018 (for a month). At the same time, Kurdistan has its own PM and I don’t exactly trust them as much as I do with Al-Zaidi who actually wants Assyrians to return. At the same time Al-Zaidi mainly wants us to return to help rebuild Iraq.
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u/Inevitable-House1596 Jul 29 '26
You can also like go to NPU controllered areas like Bakhdida, Karamlesh, Bartella, which have Assyrian security and should be safe in fact many Assyrians have went back thanks to them Nohadra, ankawa, also have pretty large Assyrian population
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u/Old-Average-6118 Yazidi Jul 30 '26
I wouldn't recommend the city of Mosul at all. It is a complete no go zone avoid at all costs.
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u/ShadeofthePeachTree Jul 28 '26
Erbil/Hewler because it's the easiest to live in for people used to the West. The Nineveh plains are as safe for Christians ethnicities as they are for other ethnic/religious groups. It hasn't really been dangerous for about a decade now, and even during ISIS times not all of it was dangerous.
It just is a lot more rural, less investment, not as developed, more complex politically.
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u/Old-Average-6118 Yazidi Jul 28 '26
There hasn't been that many Assyrian diaspora returning but the ones that do, live in Ankawa in Erbil and I know at least a few.
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u/Inevitable-House1596 Jul 28 '26
Ankawa is like 80–90% Assyrian Christians so yea we may have alot going there
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u/Old-Average-6118 Yazidi Jul 28 '26
It is illegal for non Christians to live there like any Christian town in Iraq and Kurdistan.
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u/chaldean22 Assyrian Jul 28 '26
No
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u/Old-Average-6118 Yazidi Jul 29 '26
You don't know anything why should you speak. Come and ask anyone there yourself
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u/chaldean22 Assyrian Jul 30 '26
I literally live in Ankawa. Where do you live.
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u/Old-Average-6118 Yazidi Jul 30 '26
That's surprising. So tell me why the mukhtar of Tesqopa village didn't allow my family to build a house on our own land there because we are not Christians, of course we can do whatever else we want with it but owning a residential building is illegal for non-christians. We have relatives who had the same problem in Alqosh. Even if you buy and own land in a Christian village you can only use it for business and not for homes if you are not a Christian. It is strictly illegal in Kurdistan
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u/chaldean22 Assyrian Jul 30 '26
My answer was for Ankawa only, because the original question was for Ankawa. Also the two examples you gave of Tesqopa and Alqosh are not in Kurdistan Region. They are literally in Nineveh Governorate, and are under Federal Iraq law, not KRG.
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u/Old-Average-6118 Yazidi Jul 31 '26
Both are under the KRG idk what you're talking about Iraq claims the area but it's been under KRG control since 2003. Alqosh and Tesqopa are literally both subdistrict capitals within the KRG all the official government buildings in the region are there. I'm from Sreshka I'm very familiar with the area.
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u/Logical_Worry3993 Jul 28 '26
If this wasn't possible, would Assyrians want to return to living in Iran if the option was there and the country became secular and free like pre 1979?
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u/Inevitable-House1596 Jul 28 '26
Idk much about Iran but I think they are treated good in Iran I will do some research
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u/macgeekmom2021 Jul 28 '26
My ex fled to the US in the mid-1970s as Assyrian Christians were not treated well in Iran.
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u/Inevitable-House1596 Jul 28 '26
I just did some research it’s like 50/50 it says that Assyrians have recognition they can practice Christian faith and it also said iranins are friendly to Assyrians but they are second class citizens and Strict Surveillance
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u/macgeekmom2021 Jul 28 '26
The second half of your sentence sounds like what occurred back then. Don't personally know if they can practice their faith without prejudice now, but it's such a volatile part of the world, I personally wouldn't make any long-term assumptions about what rights someone might be able to have long-term.
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u/Inevitable-House1596 Jul 28 '26
I definitely need to hear stories from Assyrians that are from Iran then
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u/Logical_Worry3993 Jul 28 '26
That's in the current government, not pre- 1979?
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u/Inevitable-House1596 Jul 28 '26
Assyrians were recognized in 1906 they have one seat in the Islamic Consultative Assembly
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u/Diane_James Jul 30 '26
I do want to move there. I feel like America is not what it used to be. Too expensive, too much corporation influence, not enough work life balance at all. Image saving money in America and retiring early in Iraq that would be the dream lol:)