Nineveh Plain Forces | |
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ܚܝ̈ܠܘܬܐ ܕܕܫܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ قوات سهل نينوى | |
![]() Emblem of the NPF | |
Leaders | Safaa Khamro/Elias Jajo[1] |
Dates of operation | January 2015 – 2017 (alleged) |
Motives | Regional defence Armed resistance |
Active regions | Nineveh Plains, Assyrian homeland |
Ideology | Assyrian nationalism Dawronoye |
Size | 200 light infantry |
Part of | Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union BNDP |
Allies | ![]() ![]() ![]() Bethnahrain Women's Protection Forces |
Opponents | ![]() |
Battles and wars | Battle of Mosul (2016–17) |
The Nineveh Plain Forces (Syriac: ܚܝ̈ܠܘܬܐ ܕܕܫܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, romanized: Ḥaylawathe d'Deshta d'Ninwe; Arabic: قوات سهل نينوى; abbreviated as NPF) was an Assyrian militia. Formed in cooperation with the Kurdish Peshmerga,[2] the militia's primary mission was to defend the Nineveh Plains against the Islamic State.[3] The group was 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] Along with smaller episodes of combat, the group also participated in the Battle of Mosul (2016–2017).[5][better source needed]
Formed on 6 January 2015, the Nineveh Plain Forces had only a very short time in combat, and was considered defunct by late 2017.