Iraqis in Syria

Iraqis in Syria
Total population
150,000 (estimate)
(before the Syrian civil war)
Regions with significant populations
Mainly Damascus (Jaramana, Sayyidah Zaynab, Yarmouk), with smaller communities in Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Tartus, Latakia, Deir ez-Zor, Abu Kamal, Hasaka, Qamishli
Languages
Mesopotamian Arabic, also Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanji dialects), Turkish (Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman dialects), and Neo-Aramaic, Assyrian, and Mandaic)
Religion
Mostly Islam
a significant Christianity minority
(Syriac Christianity and Catholicism) and a small number of Mandaeism.
Related ethnic groups
Arabs, Armenians, Assyrians, Mizrahim, Iranians, Azeris, Turkmen

Iraqis in Syria are Syrian citizens of Iraqi origin and Iraqi residents in Syria.