Haplogroup L-M20
Middle East and Anatolia
L-M20 was found in 51% of Syrians from Raqqa, a northern Syrian city whose previous inhabitants were wiped out by Mongol genocides and repopulated in recent times by local Bedouin populations and Chechen war refugees from Russia (El-Sibai 2009).

Haplogroup L-M20

Section Title: Middle East and Anatolia
Table Section Text: L-M20 was found in 51% of Syrians from Raqqa, a northern Syrian city whose previous inhabitants were wiped out by Mongol genocides and repopulated in recent times by local Bedouin populations and Chechen war refugees from Russia (El-Sibai 2009).

Populations	Distribution	Source

Turkey	57% in Afshar village, 12% (10/83) in Black Sea Region, 6.6% (7/106) of Turks in Turkey, 4.2% (1/523 L-M349 and 21/523 L-M11(xM27, M349))	Cinnioğlu 2004, Gokcumen 2008 and Karafet 2016

Iran	54.9% (42/71) L in Priest Zoroastrian Parsis 22.2% L1b and L1c in South Iran (2/9) 8% to 16% L2-L595, L1a, L1b and L1c of Kurds in Kordestan (2-4/25) 9.1% L-M20 (7/77) of Persians in Eastern Iran 3.4% L-M76 (4/117) and 2.6% L-M317 (3/117) for a total of 6.0% (7/117) haplogroup L-M20 in Southern Iran 3.0% (1/33) L-M357 in Northern Iran 4.2% L1c-M357 of Azeris in East Azeris (1/21) 4.8% L1a and L1b of Persians in Esfahan (2/42)	Regueiro 2006, Cristofaro 2013, Malyarchuk 2013 and Lopez 2017

Syria	51.0% (33/65) of Syrians in Raqqa, 31.0% of Eastern Syrians	El-Sibai 2009

Laz	41.7% (15/36) L1b-M317	O. Balanovsky 2017

Saudi Arabians	15.6% ( 4/32 of L-M76 and 1/32 of L-317 ) 1.91% (2/157=1.27% L-M76 and 1/157=0.64% L-M357)	Karafet 2016 and AbuAmero 2009

Kurds	3.2% of Kurds in Southeast Turkey	Flores 2005

Iraq	3.1% (2/64) L-M22	Sanchez 2005

Armenians	1.63% (12/734) to 4.3% (2/47)	Weale 2001 and Wells 2001

Omanis	1% L-M11	Luis 2004

Qataris	2.8% (2/72 L-M76)	Cadenas 2008

UAE Arabs	3.0% (4/164 L-M76 and 1/164 L-M357)	Cadenas 2008

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L-M357 of Haplogroup L-M20 is found in Northern Iran.

final_sentence: L-M357 of Haplogroup L-M20 is found in Northern Iran.