Tall Kayf

Tel Keppe also spelled Tel Kaif, is an Assyrian town in northern Iraq. Its call approach "Hill of Stones" in Syriac. It is positioned inside the Nineveh Governorate, less than eight miles north east of Mosul. The city is a historic farming town together with a densely populated core, surrounded by farm land outside the town. In 1508, Tel Keppe become sacked by Mongols. In 1743, Tel Keppe turned into looted and burned through the armies of the Persian leader Nader Shah. This event took place within the context of the Siege of Mosul, wherein the Persian navy suffered heavy casualties and resorted to looting the surrounding cities to have a few semblance of victory. In 1833, the town was another time sacked, this time by means of the Kurdish Governor of Rawandiz.

He additionally sacked the nearby town of Alqosh. On 6 August 2014, the town become taken over by means of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, in conjunction with nearby Assyrian towns Bakhdida, Bartella and Karamlish. Upon getting into the town, ISIS looted the homes, and removed the crosses and different spiritual objects from the church buildings. The Christian cemetery within the metropolis was additionally later destroyed.