Assyrian people
Ethnic group indigenous to Mesopotamia
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| 2018 | Kurdish authorities in Syria, in conjunction with Dawronoye officials, shut down several Assyrian schools and fired their administration, with an Assyrian educator Isa Rashid being beaten for rejecting the new curriculum. |
| 2017 | A genetic study of Northern Iraqi populations demonstrated that Iraqi Assyrians and Iraqi Yazidis clustered together, suggesting a strong genetic continuity with the original Mesopotamian population. |
| 2017 | Islamic State was driven out from the Nineveh Plains in Iraq. |
| 2016 | Large influx of Syrian Assyrian refugees granted asylum in Sydney, Australia under the federal government's special humanitarian intake, significantly growing the Syrian Assyrian community in the area. |
| August 2016 | Ourhi Centre established in Zalin, Syria, to educate teachers and make Syriac an optional language of instruction in public schools. |
| 2015 | Islamic State was driven out from Assyrian villages in the Khabour River Valley and areas surrounding Al-Hasakah in Syria. |
| 2014 | Nineveh Plain Protection Units were formed, with many Assyrians joining to defend their territories against the Islamic State. |
| 2013 | A Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council report estimated 300,000 Assyrians remained in Iraq prior to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) conflict. |
| January 2013 | The Syriac Military Council, an Assyrian militia, was established in Syria to protect national rights and work towards changing the government. |
| 2011 | A genetic study on Marsh Arabs of Iraq identified Y chromosome haplotypes shared by Marsh Arabs, Iraqis, and Assyrians, suggesting a common local genetic background. |
| 2011 | Dohuk Riots targeted Assyrians and Yazidis, contributing to ongoing persecution of Assyrians in Iraq. |
| 2011 | Syrian civil war began, contributing to significant Assyrian population displacement. |
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