Self-Defense Forces (NES regions)

Self-Defense Forces
قوات الحماية الذاتية
Hêzên Xweparastinê
ܓܘܫܡܐ ܕܣܘܝܥܐ ܘܣܘܬܪܐ ܝܬܝܐ
HXP militiamen with the organization's flag in the background.
Active11 October 2014 – present
CountrySyria
AllegianceAutonomous Administration of North and East Syria
TypeMilitia
EngagementsSyrian Civil War
Commanders
Commander-in-ChiefRenas Roza

Self-Defense Forces (Kurdish: Hêzên Xweparastinê, abbreviated as HXP; Arabic: قوات الحماية الذاتية, romanizedQuwwāt al-ḥimāyati aḏ-ḏātiyyati, Classical Syriac: ܓܘܫܡܐ ܕܣܘܝܥܐ ܘܣܘܬܪܐ ܝܬܝܐ, romanized: Gushmo d'Suyo'o w'Sutoro Yothoyo) is a multi-ethnic territorial defense militia and the only conscripted armed force in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. As a self-defense force, manpower for the HXP is recruited locally.

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