Essay On Assyrian Genocide
IS genocide of Assyrians Imagine being driven from your house and on the way out, anything of value that you own is taken from you. As you are leaving your sister is kidnapped as a slave and the neighbors down the street have been shot. This is the plight of the Assyrian
Christians, who are descendants of the Assyrian empire and the only native group in northern Iraq, and the Yazidis who believe in an ancient religion and live in southern Syria. They are being persecuted by the Islamic State (IS) because they are not Muslim. The genocide of the Assyrians is a problem both locally and internationally and is even a threat to world history. Every day, the Assyrian people are faced with death, enslavement, and being driven away to live in horrible conditions in refugee camps. According to the international news agency ,Reuters, the UN has released a report based …show more content…
The establishment of a safe haven is probably the best solution since the Iraqi constitution guarantees rights to Assyrians and to own their own province and the Nineveh Plains in Northern Iraq is the traditional homeland of the Assyrians (Anweya). The Assyrians in the Nineveh Plains have started forming an army like many of the other tribes in the area who receive aid to fight terrorism but the army of the Nineveh plains does not get any. “If you give us half what you give to Peshmerga or other military forces, we will do double what they are doing now,” said Gevara Zaya, NPU Military Committee director (Holtz). If they can get the military supplies they need and support from NATO or the UN they can create this safe zone for Assyrians and any other group that is being persecuted against by the
Christians, who are descendants of the Assyrian empire and the only native group in northern Iraq, and the Yazidis who believe in an ancient religion and live in southern Syria. They are being persecuted by the Islamic State (IS) because they are not Muslim. The genocide of the Assyrians is a problem both locally and internationally and is even a threat to world history. Every day, the Assyrian people are faced with death, enslavement, and being driven away to live in horrible conditions in refugee camps. According to the international news agency ,Reuters, the UN has released a report based …show more content…
The establishment of a safe haven is probably the best solution since the Iraqi constitution guarantees rights to Assyrians and to own their own province and the Nineveh Plains in Northern Iraq is the traditional homeland of the Assyrians (Anweya). The Assyrians in the Nineveh Plains have started forming an army like many of the other tribes in the area who receive aid to fight terrorism but the army of the Nineveh plains does not get any. “If you give us half what you give to Peshmerga or other military forces, we will do double what they are doing now,” said Gevara Zaya, NPU Military Committee director (Holtz). If they can get the military supplies they need and support from NATO or the UN they can create this safe zone for Assyrians and any other group that is being persecuted against by the