Al-Khalidiyah ( ar, الخالدية) or Khanik ( syr, ܚܢܝܟ, Ḥanik; ar, خانيك; ku, Xanike) is a village in the

al-Hasakah Governorate Al-Hasakah Governorate ( ar, محافظة الحسكة, Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḥasakah, ku, Parêzgeha Hesekê}, syc, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܚܣܟܗ, Huparkiyo d'Ḥasake, also known as syc, ܓܙܪܬܐ, Gozarto) is one of the fourteen governorates (pro ...

in northeastern Syria. The village lies on the Tigris Khabur opposite to the Iraqi village of Faysh Khabur and is located 4 km south of the Semalka Border Crossing and just 3km to the south of the

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of Iraq, Syria and Turkey. The village is also famous as the easternmost settlement of Syria. Khanik is inhabited by Assyrians belonging to the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East. A number of

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also live in the village.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Khalidiyah, Hasakah Populated places in al-Malikiyah District Assyrian communities in Syria

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