The population is mainly Kurds, but with an Assyrian minority.

A similar system prevails in Iran for the Armenian, Assyrian, Jewish and Zoroastrian minorities.

As political changes sweep through some of the Arab nations, the Assyrian minorities in north east Syria and other countries have also expressed concern.

The town is inhabited mostly by Kurds, with a small Assyrian minority.

The groups include Shiite and Sunni Muslims from the south, the main Kurdish parties from the north and representatives of Turkish and Assyrian minorities.

Ba'adra's residents are mostly Yazidis with a small Assyrian Christian minority.

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is spoken by the 3,000-strong Assyrian minority of Armenian.

I am thinking of respect for minorities, including the Assyrian minority, which is another of that country's problems to which sufficient attention will need to be paid.

We go along with Mr Poettering's suggestion to give equal weight to both issues, namely the role of the Assyrian minority and the situation in Iraq's prisons.

Especially with regard to the Assyrian minority.