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Assyrians in Syria are people of Assyrian descent who live in the country of Syria. Assyrians/Syriacs make up around 2% of Syria's population. They are distinct from the Syrian Christians of western and central Syria, being Eastern Aramaic speakers rather than Arabic (and formerly Western Aramaic) speakers, and being of Mesopotamian/Assyrian rather than Levantine/Aramean origin. They live primarily in Al-Hasakah Governorate, with a significant presence in the provincial capital and the cities of Qamishli, Malikiyah, Ras al-Ayn, and Qahtaniyah, as well as in Tell Tamer and nearby villages.〔http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/minorities-fear-persecution-in-a-post-assad-syria-201832.html〕〔http://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/infoline_nt/brennpunkte_nt/article137767466/IS-entfuehrt-mindestens-90-Christen-in-Syrien.html〕 The Assyrians in the Khabur valley, belong mostly to the Assyrian Church of the East, Syriac Orthodox Church and some to the Chaldean Catholic Church.〔()〕 About 9,000 ethnic Assyrians moved from northern Iraq to northeastern Syria following the Iraqi massacre of 1933. They settled in the Jazirah near Tall Tamir on the upper Khabur River. The French established this Assyrian settlement with the assistance of the League of Nations, and in 1942 it became an integral part of Syria. The Assyrian settlement on the Khabur valley consists of about 20 villages, primarily agricultural. They have faced severe economic pressures over the years, despite owning their own irrigated lands, and some of them emigrated to the USA where there exists a large community.〔()〕 ==Ancient settlement== During the Middle Assyrian Empire (1365-1020 BC) and Neo Assyrian Empire (911-608 BC) much of, and often the entirety of the modern country of Syria, was under Assyrian rule, and the presence of Aramaic-speaking peoples in the northeastern part of the modern country dated back even earlier, where they lived alongside a diverse set of other peoples throughout the ages. Traces of this former era of Assyrian settlement can be seen at numerous archaeological sites across the region. However, settlement in the northeastern areas often proved unsustainable in the long-term, leading to numerous episodes of population exodus. In addition to experiencing such destabilising factors such as climate shifts and over-cultivation of land, the area was also vulnerable to attack from nomadic peoples. Following the Mongol and Timurid invasions and subsequent massacre of Assyrians, it was left virtually devoid of any permanent population. In the centuries that followed, a number of nomadic and semi-nomadic Arabic- and Kurdish-speaking tribes wandered the area with their livestock into the 20th century, when most of them were forced to settle by governmental policies. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Assyrians in Syria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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