Sreshka (also written Srechka, Sireshka, Sireshkan or Srejka, Arabic: سريجكا, Kurdish: Sireshkan[1]) is a village located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The village is located ca. 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of Alqosh and ca. 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Telskuf in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[2][3]

Sreshka
Village
Sreshka is located in Iraq
Sreshka
Sreshka
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°38′6″N 43°8′50″E / 36.63500°N 43.14722°E / 36.63500; 43.14722
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region (de facto)
GovernorateNineveh Governorate (de jure)
Dohuk Governorate (de facto)
DistrictTel Kaif District

Sreshka is populated by Yazidis.[3]

Yazidi temple in Sreshka

References

  1. ^ "IRAQ - Ninewa Governorate and Kurdistan Region of Iraq" (PDF). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. ^ Saadi Azuo, Heerish (June 2016). "Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture" (PDF). Near East University. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  3. ^ a b "The Struggle to Exist - Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq" (PDF). Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. February 2010. Retrieved 2018-12-05.