Dera Shish
Dera Shish
دئيره شيش | |
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village | |
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| • Total | 8 families |
Dera Shish is an Assyrian village in Dohuk Province of Iraqi Kurdistan. The village is in a remote mountain range on the northeastern edge of Iraq. The village is well known as it is a site of pilgrimage, and there is a monastery dedicated to Mar Etken. The entire village was destroyed and the monastery was bombed during the Al-Anfal Campaign, but was rebuilt in the 2000s by Sarkis Aghajan.[1]
See also
- List of Assyrian settlements
- Assyrian people
- Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq
- Assyrian homeland
Sources
- ^ "Der Shish (umra)". Ishtar TV. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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