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.
Active	11 October 2014 – present
Country	Syria
Allegiance	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Regions of North and East Syria
Type	Militia
Engagements	Syrian Civil War Eastern al-Hasakah offensive Tishrin Dam offensive Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016) Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016) Manbij offensive[1] Raqqa offensive (2016–present)[2] Deir ez-Zor offensive (September 2017–present) Operation Olive Branch
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	Renas Roza

Self-Defense Forces (Kurdish: Hêzên Xweparastinê, abbreviated as HXP; Arabic: قوات الحماية الذاتية, romanized: Quwwāt 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.