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Are Iraqis from the Levant or from the Arabian peninsula?

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Ofcourse its not a part of the levant , levant is known as ( Bilad Al-sham) or the old ( Greater Syria ) including ( Syria - Lebanon - Jordan - Palestine ). and Also its not a part of the Arabian peninsula at all , Arabian peninsula's countries are ( Saudia Arabia - Qatar - Bahrain - Oman - Yemen -UAE - Kwait ). read more

As in the post-Arab conquest, genetic studies shows that most Iraqis and Syrians are highly related to the people of Arabia. Majority of the haplogroup is J1. Haplogroup J1 has the highest frequency among the Arab world, especially Arabian Peninsula. This is consistent with the history of Arab conquest from Arabian Peninsula. read more

The Levant Arabs originally settled all over the Arabian Peninsula and later migrated to North Africa. They are spread from Israel to Kuwait and as far east as Iran. "Levant" is a broad term that includes several groups of Arabs: Iraqi, Jordanian, Palestinian, Chaldean, and Syrian Arabs. read more

Iraqis are made up of several different ethnic groups, with the overwhelming majority being Arabized Mesopotamians. They are genetically distinct from the Arabian Arabs of the Arabian peninsula and maintain consanguinity with the inhabitants of Babylon and Assyria. read more

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