Tell Hefyan (), also known as Qodchanis (), is a village near
Tell Tamer
Tell Tamer (, or Til Temir, ) also known as Tal Tamr or Tal Tamir, is a town in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It is the administrative center of the Tell Tamer Subdistrict consisting of 13 municipalities.
Originally buil ...
in western
al-Hasakah Governorate
Al-Hasakah Governorate (; ; , also known as , ''Gozarto'') is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is located in the far north-east corner of Syria and distinguished by its fertile lands, plentiful water ...
, northeastern
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
. Administratively it belongs to the
Nahiya Tell Tamer
Tell Tamer Subdistrict () is a subdistrict of al-Hasakah District in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Tell Tamer.
At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 50,982. Assyria ...
.
The village is inhabited by
Assyrians
Assyrians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to Mesopotamia, a geographical region in West Asia. Modern Assyrians share descent directly from the ancient Assyrians, one of the key civilizations of Mesopotamia. While they are distinct from ot ...
belonging to the
Assyrian Church of the East
The Assyrian Church of the East (ACOE), sometimes called the Church of the East and officially known as the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, is an Eastern Christianity, Eastern Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christian denomin ...
, and
Arabs
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Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of yea ...
. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 1,132.
Recent History
Most of the Assyrian inhabitants of the village were displaced when
ISIS
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attacked the area in February 2015.
See also
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List of Assyrian settlements
The following is a list of historical and contemporary Assyrian settlements in the Middle East. This list includes settlements of Assyrians from Southeastern Turkey who left their indigenous tribal districts in Hakkari (or the historical Hak ...
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Al-Hasakah offensive (February–March 2015)
The Eastern al-Hasakah offensive was launched in the Al-Hasakah Governorate during the Syrian Civil War, by the Kurdish-majority People's Protection Units, Assyrian People, Assyrian militias, and allied Arab forces against the jihadist Islamic Sta ...
References
Assyrian communities in Syria
Populated places in al-Hasakah District
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