Zawita
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Zawita is an Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

i village in the Dohuk Governorate.
The name of the village is thought to come from Syriac ܙܘܝܬܐ meaning "corner".

The village is inhabited mainly by Kurds although it was home to Assyrians prior to the Simele massacre
Simele massacre
The Simele Massacre was a massacre committed by the armed forces of the Kingdom of Iraq during the systematic targeting of Assyrians in northern Iraq in August 1933...

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