A group of Assyrians from Qudshanis settled in the villages of Tell - Hufyan and Tell - Damsheej , along the Khabur River in Syria , in 1935 .
From that point on the village functioned as the de facto capital of the Assyrian tribes in the region .
A group of Assyrian from Qudshanis settled in the villages of Tell - Hufyan and Tell - Damsheej , along the Khabur River in Syria , in 1935 .
From that point on the village functioned as the de facto capital of the Assyrian tribes in the region .