Original sentence: Another major massacre of Assyrians (and Armenians) in the Ottoman Empire occurred between 1894 and 1897 AD by Turkish troops and their Kurdish allies during the rule of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.Between 250,000 and 300,000 Assyrians were estimated to have been slaughtered by the armies of the Ottoman Empire and their Kurdish allies, totalling up to two-thirds of the entire Assyrian population.In the 1840s many of the Assyrians living in the mountains of Hakkari in the south eastern corner of the Ottoman Empire were massacred by the Kurdish emirs of Hakkari and Bohtan.Lured by prospects of an independent nation, some Assyrians led by Agha Petros and Malik Khoshaba, fought alongside the allies against Ottoman forces
Edited sentence: A major massacre of Assyrians (and Armenians) in the Ottoman Empire occurred between 1894 and 1897 AD by Turkish troops and their Kurdish henchmen during the rule of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.An Assyrian war of independence was fought during World War I following the Assyrian Genocide suffered at the hands of the Ottomans and their Kurdish allies.Between 500,000 and 750,000 Assyrians were estimated to have been slaughtered by the armies of the Ottoman Empire and their Kurdish allies, totalling up to two-thirds of the entire Assyrian population.In 1843 Assyrians living in the mountains of Hakkari in the south eastern corner of the Ottoman Empire faced a massive unprovoked attack from Kurdish tribesman, which resulted in the death of tens of thousands of unarmed Christian Assyrians.The Assyrians fought successfully against overwhelming numbers for a time under such leaders as Agha Petros and Malik Khoshaba, scoring a number of victories against Ottoman forces