Nineveh Plain Forces

Nineveh Plain Forces
ܚܝ̈ܠܘܬܐ ܕܕܫܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ
Emblem of the NPF
Leaders	Safaa Khamro[1]
Dates of operation	January 2015 – 2017
Motives	Regional defence Armed resistance
Active regions	Nineveh Plain, Northern Iraq
Ideology	Assyrian nationalism Dawronoye
Size	200 light infantry
Part of	Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union BNDP
Allies	Syriac Military Council Peshmerga HSNB NPU
Opponents	ISIL
Battles and wars	Battle of Mosul (2016–17)

The Nineveh Plain Forces (Syriac: ܚܝ̈ܠܘܬܐ ܕܕܫܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, romanized: Ḥaylawotho d'Deshto d'Ninwe) or NPF was a military organization that was formed on 6 January 2015 by the indigenous Christian Assyrian people in Iraq, in cooperation with Peshmerga,^[2] to defend against Islamic State.^[3] The Nineveh Plains is a region at the heart of the Assyrian homeland. The militia is 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] It participated in the Battle of Mosul (2016–2017).^{[5][better source needed]}