Original: Diaspora and Iraq War Out of the over 60,000 Mandaeans in Iraq in the early 1990s , only about 5,000 to 7,000 remain there ; as of early 2007 , over 80 % of Iraqi Mandaeans were refugees in Syria and Jordan as a result of the Iraq War .
Simplified: Many left because of the Iraq War There were over 60,000 Mandaeans in Iraq in the early 1990s . In 2007 , only about 5,000 to 7,000 remain there ; over 80 % of Iraqi Mandaeans were refugees in Syria and Jordan .