Since the fall of the Iraqi Baath Party in 2003, and in the face of violence against the indigenous Assyrian Christian community, there has been a growing movement for Assyrian independence or autonomy.
Od pada iračke stranke Baasa 2003. godine i suočeni s islamističkim nasiljem protiv domaće asirske kršćanske zajednice, raste i razvija se pokret za asirsku neovisnost ili autonomiju.