Simele massacre

When

7 Aug 1933 – 11 Aug 1933

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

300

Coordinates

36.86° N, 42.85° E

Description

massacre by the armed forces of the Kingdom of Iraq

1933 massacre of Assyrians in Iraq

The Simele massacre, also known as the Assyrian affair, was a massacre committed by the Kingdom of Iraq under the leadership of Kurdish army general Bakr Sidqi. The massacre was committed in August 1933 against the Assyrian population of Iraq in and around the village of Simele.

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Simele massacre: More than 3,000 Assyrian Iraqis are killed by Iraqi government troops”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Les communautés chrétiennes d’Irak entrent en conflit avec le gouvernement à majorité arabe, qui tente de les ramener sous son contrôle direct”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la masacre de Simele (Irak), más de 3000 iraquíes asirios son asesinados por soldados iraquíes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page