Tell Shamiram or Tell Shamiran (), also known as Marbisho (), 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

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, northeastern

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. 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

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belonging to the

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, and

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. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 811.

Geography

It is located on the Khabour River near the confluence with the Zirgan River, about south of the border with Turkey.

History

The village was settled by Assyrian

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s in 1933 who moved following the Simele massacre to French controlled

to settle in a stretch of the Khabur River in 35 settlements. In February 2015 the village was taken by the

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militia during the Eastern al-Hasakah offensive, resulting in the abduction of about 90, mainly elderly, residents. Several thousand residents fled the city, mostly to the city of

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, with some eventually reaching

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. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the village has been emptied of people by 1 March 2015.Johnlee Varghese March 1, 201
Over 200 Abducted Assyrian Christians Being Tried by Isis Kangaroo Court

References

Assyrian communities in Syria {{Syria-geo-stub

Geography

History

See also

References