Assyria

Assyria is a disputed country that sits in the northern part of Iraq in the Nineveh province. As, this disputed land is the historical home of the Assyrian place and its former capital of Nineveh. Assyria is best known in biblical history, as the place where Jonah went to tell the Assyrians to tear down a statue of a bull. Assyria, nowadays consists of Assyrian Christians currently fighting for independence and are currently in conflict with ISIS and the Kurds.