A Turkish airstrike July 6 ignited agricultural fields of Assyrian villages in the Nahla Valley of the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq. As flames burned for hours at night and well into the next day, authorities never arrived to help extinguish the blaze.
Turkish airstrikes ignite Assyrian lands, villagers organize firefighting response
![Assyrian villagers of Iraq's Nahla Valley work to put out flames caused by Turkish airstrikes.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-07/Extinguishing%20fire%201.jpg?h=dec22bcf&itok=IHSX5OMB)
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