ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan — Melinda Khubiar was moved to tears as she walked down the streets of Erbil in 2013. She had just landed in the city with a group of 30 Assyrians from around the world, as part of a annual cultural tour organized by GISHRU to communities across northern Iraq and Turkey.
“This is where my kings used to walk,” she told Al-Monitor. “From the first moment of the trip it hit me that I’m in my homeland.”
