Upper Mesopotamia

The Euphrates ( ; see below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (). Originating in Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab in Iraq, which empties into the Persian Gulf.

thumb|Mosul, on the bank of the Tigris, 1861

Diyarbakır is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. It is considered one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, continually inhabited since c. 8000 BCE.

mountain range in Western Asia

province in southeast Turkey

mountain range

province in southeast Turkey

province in southeast Turkey

de facto autonomous region in Syria

governorate in Iraq

Hasakah (; ; ) is a city in northeastern Syria and the capital of the Hasakah Governorate. With a 2023 estimated population of 422,445, Hasakah is populated by Arabs, Kurds, Assyrians and a smaller number of Armenians and Chechens. Hasakah is south of the city of Qamishli. The Khabur River, a tributary of the Euphrates River, flows west–east through the city. The Jaghjagh River flows into the Khabur from the north at Hasakah. The city (and the surrounding countryside) is controlled by the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES). After Ayn Issa came under the contr

Duhok Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan

Qamishli is a city in northeastern Syria on the Syria–Turkey border, adjoining the city of Nusaybin in Turkey. The Jaghjagh River flows through the city. With a 2004 census population of 184,231, it is the ninth most-populous city in Syria and the second-largest in Al-Hasakah Governorate after Al-Hasakah. Qamishli has traditionally been a Christian Assyrian majority city, but is now predominantly populated by Kurds with large numbers of Arabs and Assyrians and a smaller number of Armenians. It is northeast of Damascus.

governorate of Syria

governorate of Syria

governorate of Iraq

governorate of Iraq

governorate of Syria

Turkish part of Kurdistan

northern portion of region between Tigris and Euphrates rivers, now part of Iraq, Syria and Turkey

name for a mountain range in southeastern Turkey

region in Iraq

infrastructure project in southeastern Turkey launched in the 1970s

Kurdish inhabited area of Syria

town in Syria

Kurdish-inhabited region in Iraq

Ba'athist ethnic cleansing policy in Syrian Kurdistan

historical region of West Asia

thumb|300x300px|An Assyrian house in the Tyari, from The Assyrians and their Rituals (1852), vol. I, p. 216 Tyari () is an Assyrian tribe and a historical district within Hakkari, Turkey. The area was traditionally divided into Upper Tyari (Tyari Letha) and Lower Tyari (Tyari Khtetha)–each consisting of several Assyrian villages. Both Upper and Lower Tyari are located on the western bank of the Zab river. Today, the district mostly sits in around the town of Çukurca. Historically, the largest village of the region was known as Ashitha. According to Hannibal Travis the Tyari Assyrians were know