Tesqopa
Tesqopa
Town in Nineveh, Iraq
Tesqopa (Syriac: ܬܠܐ ܙܩܝܦܐ, Arabic: تسقوبا) or Tel Skuf (Syriac: ܬܠ ܣܩܘܦ, Arabic: تللسقف), also Tel Eskof or Tall Asqaf[2] is a town in northern Iraq located approximately 19 miles (about 28 kilometres) north of Mosul. The town is populated by Assyrians and they are members of the Chaldean Catholic Church.[3]
The town was captured by ISIS briefly in August 2014 but was recaptured by Kurdish Peshmerga in August 2016.[4]
Many of the residents of the town returned with aid from Hungary,[5] while a large portion has migrated to Europe.[3]