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- ↑ "ADM Clarifies Position on Implementation of Article 140". Zinda Magazine. Assyrian Democratic Movement. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ↑ "Mayor of Tel Keppe Reinstated After Unlawful Dismissal by KDP". Assyrian Policy Institute. 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
- ↑ Shilani, Mustafa (26 December 2019). "Christians in Nineveh concerned of demographic change". Kurdistan24. Kurdistan24. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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