Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Nharaunda yevaKaradhea vechiKristu vaive vashoma uye vaiita ruzha panguva yeBritish Mandate yeMesopotamia, uye havana kutamba basa rakakura mukutonga kweBritish kwenyika. Zvisinei, nekubva kwenhengo dzeChechi yeAsiriya yekuMabvazuva, Chechi yeKaturike yeChaldea yakava chitendero chikuru chisiri chechiMuslim muIraq, uye vamwe vaKaturike veAsiriya vakazokwira musimba muhurumende yeBa'ath Party, mukurumbira wavo ari Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri weHurumende Tariq Aziz. VaAsiria veDohuk vanozvirumbidza imwe yemachechi makuru mudunhu rinonzi Mar Marsi Cathedral, uye ndiyo nzvimbo yeEparchy. Makumi ezviuru zvevapoteri veYazidi neAsiriya vechiKristu vanogara muguta zvakare nekuda kwekupinda kweISIS muIraq muna 2014 uye Kuwa kweMosul kwakatevera.