The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iraq" id="mwsg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingdom of Iraq">Kingdom of Iraq</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simele_massacre" id="mwsw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Simele massacre">slaughters</a> over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as <i id="mwtA">Martyrs Day</i> or <i id="mwtQ">National Day of Mourning</i> by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre.<sup about="#mwt115" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-22"}}' id="cite_ref-22" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_7#cite_note-22" id="mwtg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 22;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwtw">[22]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-22"><cite about="#mwt112" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFShapira">Shapira, Aprim. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190923112153/http://www.bethsuryoyo.com/currentevents/AprimShapira8/WhyAugust7.html" id="mwB4M" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Why is the 7th of August an Assyrian Martyrs' Day?"</a>. Beth Suryoyo Assyrian. Archived from <a class="external text" href="http://www.bethsuryoyo.com/currentevents/AprimShapira8/WhyAugust7.html" id="mwB4Q" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 23 September 2019<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB4U">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB4Y">23 September</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt112" class="Z3988" id="mwB4c" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Why+is+the+7th+of+August+an+Assyrian+Martyrs%27+Day%3F&amp;rft.pub=Beth+Suryoyo+Assyrian&amp;rft.aulast=Shapira&amp;rft.aufirst=Aprim&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bethsuryoyo.com%2Fcurrentevents%2FAprimShapira8%2FWhyAugust7.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+7"></span></span>