Back قوات حماية نساء بيث نهرين Arabic Bet-Nəhrin Qadın Müdafiə Qüvvələri Azerbaijani Fuerzas de Protección Femeninas de Beth Nahrain Spanish Forces de protection des femmes du Bethnahrain French Forças de Proteção das Mulheres de Bethnahrain Portuguese Forțele Feminine de Apărare Bethnahrain Romanian
| Bethnahrain Women's Protection Forces | |
|---|---|
| ܚܝܠܘ̈ܬܐ ܕܣܘܬܪܐ ܕܢܫ̈ܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ | |
 Emblem of HSNB | |
| Dates of operation | September 2015[1] – present |
| Allegiance | Syriac Union Party[2] |
| Headquarters | Al-Qahtaniyah, al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria[3] |
| Active regions | Al-Hasakah Governorate Khabur River valley Raqqa Governorate |
| Ideology | Dawronoye |
| Part of |  Syrian Democratic Forces[4]
|
| Allies | Sutoro Martyr Amara Arab Women's Battalion[5] |
| Opponents |  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
The Bethnahrain Women's Protection Forces (Classical Syriac: ܚܝܠܘ̈ܬܐ ܕܣܘܬܪܐ ܕܢܫ̈ܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ, romanized: Ḥaylawotho d'Sutoro d'Neshe d'Beth Nahrin; HSNB) is an all-female Assyrian military and police organization based in al-Qahtaniyah, al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria.
HSNB was set up as a female brigade of the Syriac Military Council and assumes guard roles in areas where Assyrians reside.[3]
HSNB includes military & police forces. The police section of HSNB has offices in Gozarto, likewise for the military section, academies & military points.
- ^ "Bethnahrin Women Protection Forces Founded against ISIS". BIA News. 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Syriac-Assyrian Christians in Syria warn: "we will defend ourselves against a Turkish invasion" - Syriac International News Agency". 20 February 2016. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016.
- ^ a b Delil Souleiman (13 December 2015). "Christian female fighters take on IS in Syria". Agence France-Presse. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ a b c "Assyrian Female Fighters Joined Battlefronts Against ISIS in Northeastern Syria".
- ^ "SDF about forming first Arab all-female brigade - ANHA". en.hawarnews.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
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