Defence of Iwardo

Defence of Iwardo
	Part of the Assyrian genocide
	; The Mor Hadbschabo Church in Iwardo, where Assyrians took shelter during the defence
Date	July – October 1915
Location	Iwardo, Tur Abdin (present-day Gülgöze, Mardin)
Result	Assyrian victory
Belligerents
Assyrian villagers and refugees	Ottoman Empire Allied Kurdish tribes;
Commanders and leaders
Gallo Shabo; Ma'sud Miraza	Ahmed Agha; Salem Agha
Strength
700–1,000 fighters (estimated)	13,000

The defence of Iwardo (Syriac: ܥܝܢ ܘܪܕܐ - Iwardo, alternatively In Wardo, Ayin Warda, Ain Wardo, Ayn Wardo) was a military engagement between Ottoman authorities and Assyrian defenders in 1915, during the events of the Assyrian genocide. The defence of Iwardo is coupled with the defence of Azakh, which also took place around the same time.

Like that of Azakh, the story of the defence of Iwardo remains significant to the memory of the Assyrian genocide. Survivors have testified about the events during and after the defence, and it is one of the only successful episodes of Assyrian resistance to the genocide.