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Assyrian people

A man looks at an ancient Assyrian statue of a winged bull with a human head at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad on February 28, 2015.
Culture
After more than a decade, Iraq’s national treasures go back on display
A refugee from the minority Yazidi sect carries a sign referring to the Kurdish People's Defence Units in Qamishli, northeastern Syria on August 17, 2014. Yazidis and Assyrians are two of the minority sects under assault from ISIS.
Conflict
Syria’s Assyrian Christians are now in the crosshairs of ISIS
Iraqi Christians
Lifestyle & Belief
As sectarian divisions roar, Iraq is remembered as being defined by its diversity
Arts, Culture & Media
Ancient art from Iraq