Tel Isqof
thumb|A view of Tesqopa thumb|A Catholic church in Tesqopa thumb|Chaldean Catholic ceremony thumb|Chaldean Catholic youth from Tesqopa Tesqopa (, ) or Tel Skuf (), also Tel Eskof or Tall Asqaf is a town in northern Iraq located approximately 19 miles (about 28 kilometres) north of Mosul. The town is populated by Assyrians and they are members of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
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- تل أسقف
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- محافظة نینوى
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- العراق
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thumb|A view of Tesqopa thumb|A Catholic church in Tesqopa thumb|Chaldean Catholic ceremony thumb|Chaldean Catholic youth from Tesqopa Tesqopa (, ) or Tel Skuf (), also Tel Eskof or Tall Asqaf is a town in northern Iraq located approximately 19 miles (about 28 kilometres) north of Mosul. The town is populated by Assyrians and they are members of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
The town was captured by ISIS briefly in August 2014 but was recaptured by Kurdish Peshmerga in August 2016.
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