Sarsing

Sarsing (Syriac: ܣܪܣܢܓ‎)[1][2] (Kurdish: سەرسنك ,Sersing‎)[3][4] is sub-district part of Amedi district in the province of Dohuk, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The name "Sarsing" came from the location of the village, which is at one of the highest altitudes in Iraq on a cliff in the Gara Mountains. While being majority Kurdish, the town has an Assyrian minority.[5]

Entrance to Sarsing
Assyrian writing on the Church
Students and teachers of the Sarsing Assyrian School, 1930

History

Sarsing was built in 1922 on top of an older Assyrian village and was known for its two churches: Mar Matti and Mar Gewargis.[6] The village was exclusively populated by Assyrians until the early 1990s, when, after Masoud Barzani allegedly requested the Assyrians of Sarsing to host internally displaced Kurdish families, there were land grabs by the Kurdish families and Kurdification. As of 2017, there were 118 Assyrian households in Sarsing and 2,000 Kurdish households. [7]

References
  1. "Asyrian Villages and Monasteries". p. en. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. "Sarsink". Ishtar TV. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. "سەرسنك". p. ku. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. "Kurdistan24 rêjeya beşdariyê di dengdanê de belav dike". Kurdistan24 (in Kurdish). Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  5. "Erasing Assyrians". Retrieved 22 April 2020. Assyrian Confederation of Europe. Erasing Assyrians: How the KRG Abuses Human Rights, Undermines Democracy, and Conquers Minority Homelands. p. 45. September 25, 2017.
  6. "Assyrian Villages and Monasteries". www.atour.com. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. "Erasing Assyrians". Retrieved 22 April 2020. Assyrian Confederation of Europe. Erasing Assyrians: How the KRG Abuses Human Rights, Undermines Democracy, and Conquers Minority Homelands. p. 45. September 25, 2017.

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