Assyrian martyr’s poem “Blood of Shem’eel” by Nineb Lamassu.

Eighty Two years ago – the 7th of August, the Iraqi military, with the aid of some Arab and Kurdish tribes, committed the very first crime against humanity in the history of the modern state of Iraq. Thousands of innocent Assyrian men, women and children were subjected to a mass and indiscriminate slaughter. The majority of the atrocities took place in the Assyrian village of Shem’eel (Semele) in the outskirts of Nohadra (Dohuk).