The Nineveh Plain Protection Units (Classical Syriac: ܚܕܝ̈ܘܬ ܣܬܪܐ ܕܫܛܚܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ Ḥḏāywāṯ Settārā da-Šṭāḥā d-Nīnwē; Arabic: وحدات حماية سهل نينوى) or NPU is an Assyrian paramilitary organization …

Apr 10, 2017 · Currently, the NPU is providing security, patrolling, and operating checkpoints in three villages in the Nineveh Plain: Qaraqosh (Bakhdeda), Karamlesh, and Bartella.

Feb 24, 2015 · The Nineveh Plains Protection Unit, or NPU, is a battalion of 350 to 500 men trained by Sons of Liberty International, an American-led non-profit group aimed at "stepping …

Oct 23, 2017 · In 2014, the NPU was formed largely by Assyrians to defend the Nineveh Plains, a region covering land north-east of Mosul. The government declared the plains would be a new …

Apr 29, 2016 · We want to go home," said Behnam, a private in the Nineveh Plain Protection Units, or NPU, an Assyrian Christian militia formed by former residents of Qaraqosh and …

The Nineveh Plain Protection Units or NPU is an Assyrian paramilitary organization that was formed in late 2014, largely but not exclusively by Assyrians in Ira...

Jun 20, 2014 · The Nineveh Plain Protection Units NPU (Syriac language: ܚܕܵܝـ̈ــܘܵܬ ܣܸܬܵܪܵܐ ܕܫܸܛܚܵܐ ܕܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ) is a military organization created in June 2014 in order to defend Iraq's …

Nov 1, 2023 · The Nineveh Plain Protection Units (Classical Syriac: ܚܕܝ̈ܘܬ ܣܬܪܐ ܕܫܛܚܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ) (Arabic: وحدات حماية سهل نينوى) or NPU is an ethnic-Assyrian, Christian militia based in the Nineveh …

Jun 14, 2017 · Aboush is the founder and leader of the NPU, a militia established in early 2015 by Assyrian Christians to guard against an ISIS offensive that swept across the Ninevah …

NPU-administered areas have seen the highest rates of return among Christian Assyrians (see pages 42-43) in the Nineveh Plain. Despite the limitations of the NPU, its soldiers’ connections …