Assyrians in Syria (Syriac: ܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܐ, Arabic: الآشوريون في سوريا) are an ethnic and linguistic minority that are indigenous to Upper Mesopotamia (known in Syriac as Gozarto) which is the name used for the uplands and great outwash plain of northwestern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey. Syrian-Assyrians are people of Assyrian descent living in Syria, and those in the Assyrian diaspora who are of Syrian-Assyrian heritage.