Iraqis in Syria
Iraqis in Syria are Syrian citizens of Iraqi origin and Iraqi residents in Syria.
Total population | |
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150,000 (estimate) (before the Syrian civil war) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Mainly Damascus (Jaramana, Sayyidah Zaynab, Yarmouk), with smaller communities in Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Tartus, Latakia, Deir ez-Zor, Abu Kamal, Hasaka, Qamishli | |
Languages | |
Mesopotamian Arabic, also Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanji dialects), Turkish (Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman dialects), and Neo-Aramaic, Assyrian, and Mandaic) | |
Religion | |
Mostly Islam a significant Christianity minority (Syriac Christianity and Catholicism) and a small number of Mandaeism. | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Arabs, Armenians, Assyrians, Mizrahim, Iranians, Azeris, Turkmen |
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