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Most recently, the [[Iraq War]] has displaced the regional Chaldean community, as its people have faced ethnic and religious persecution at the hands of [[Islamic extremists]] and [[Arab nationalism|Arab]] and [[Kurdish nationalism|Kurdish]] nationalists. Of the one million or more Iraqis reported by the [[United Nations]] to have fled Iraq since the [[History of Iraq (2003–11)|occupation]], nearly 40% are Chaldean, although Chaldeans comprised around 3% of the pre-war Iraqi population.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chaldean Christians 'Most Vulnerable Population' in Iraq |url=http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061205/23863.htm |work=The Christian Post |accessdate=2006-12-05 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20061206183622/http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061205/23863.htm| archivedate=6 December 2006 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl=no }}</ref><ref name="Assyrian Chaldean Report on CWN">{{cite news |title=Iraq's Christian community, fights for its survival |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaNG6OF3pQE |publisher=Christian World News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. Gov't Watchdog Urges Protection for Iraq's Chaldean Christians |url=http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070314/26312_U.S._Gov't_Watchdog_Urges_Protection_for_Iraq's_Chaldean_Christians.htm |work=The Christian Post |accessdate=2007-12-31}}</ref> According to a 2013 report by a [[Chaldean Syriac Popular Council]] official, it is estimated that only 300,000 Chaldeans remain in Iraq.<ref name="ishtartv.com" />

[[File:FlagofAssyria.svg|thumb|[[Assyrian Chaldean Nation flag]] (since 1968)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crwflagskaldaya.comnet/fotw2010/flagsNews/assyria04/April01_2010_E3_Akitu7310_TripToElMontePark.html |title=Assyria Chaldea |publisher=Crwflags.com |accessdate=2008-11-16| archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20081012054550/http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/Flags/assyria.html| archivedate=12 October 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl=no}}</ref>]]

In certain areas of the [[Assyrian Chaldean homeland]], identity within a community depends on a person's village of origin (see [[List of Chaldean villages]]) or Christian denomination rather than their ethnic commonality, for instance [[Chaldean Catholic]].<ref>[http://www.friesian.com/notes/note-n.htm Note on the Modern Assyrians]</ref>

Today, Chaldeans and other minority ethnic groups in the Middle East, feel pressure to identify as "Arabs",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meforum.org/article/558|title=Iraqi AssyriansChaldeans: Barometer of Pluralism|author=Jonathan Eric Lewis|work=Middle East Forum|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref><!--Already stated above (¶5): Chaldeans formed about 6% of Iraq's population before the start of the Iraq War, but since then many have emigrated, mostly to Syria.--><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aina.org/releases/20070416140021.htm |title=Arab American Institute Still Deliberately Claiming Assyrians Are Arabs |publisher=Aina.org |accessdate=2008-11-16}}</ref> "Turks" and "Kurds".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aina.org/news/20061120133220.htm |title=In Court, Saddam Criticizes Kurdish Treatment of Assyrians |publisher=Aina.org |accessdate=2008-11-16}}</ref> Those Chaldeans in Syria, who live outside of the traditionally and historically Chaldean northeastern region of the country, are pressured to identify as Arabs, due to Arab Nationalist policies of the [[Baathist]] government.