Nineveh Plain Forces

Nineveh Plain Forces
ܚܝ̈ܠܘܬܐ ܕܕܫܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ
LeadersSafaa Khamro[1]
Dates of operationJanuary 2015 – 2017
MotivesRegional defence
Armed resistance
Active regionsNineveh Plain, Northern Iraq
IdeologyAssyrian nationalism
Dawronoye
Size200 light infantry
Part ofBeth Nahrain Patriotic Union
BNDP
AlliesSyriac Military Council
Peshmerga
HSNB
NPU
OpponentsISIL
Battles and warsBattle of Mosul (2016–17)

The Nineveh Plain Forces (Syriac: ܚܝ̈ܠܘܬܐ ܕܕܫܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, romanizedḤaylawotho d'Deshto d'Ninwe) or NPF was a military organization that was formed on 6 January 2015 by the indigenous Christian Assyrian people in Iraq, in cooperation with Peshmerga,[2] to defend against Islamic State.[3] The Nineveh Plains is a region at the heart of the Assyrian homeland. The militia is affiliated with the Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party and the Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union (HBA), the latter being part of the secular Dawronoye movement.[3][4] It participated in the Battle of Mosul (2016–2017).[5][better source needed]

  1. ^ "Assyrian Forces Secure Abandoned Front Line Town Against ISIS In North Iraq". Assyrian International News Agency. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Inside the Christian Militias Defending the Nineveh Plains". Warisboring. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b "The establishment of Nineveh Plain Forces – NPF". Syriac International News Agency. 7 January 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "NPF: Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian people of Iraq liberate their Christian homeland from ISIS". Syriac International News Agency. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "NPF declaring their participation to Mosul offensive". Syriac International News Agency. 18 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)