Nineveh Plain Protection Units

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Nineveh Plain Protection Units
ܚܕܝ̈ܘܬ ܣܬܪܐ ܕܫܛܚܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ
Ḥḏāywāṯ Settārā da-Šṭāḥā d-Nīnwē

Participant in the Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
Emblem of the Nineveh Plain Protection Units.svg
Emblem of the NPU
Active 20 June 2014–Present
Area of operations

Nineveh Governorate
Nineveh plains

Northern Iraq
Strength 1,000–4,000 active,[1] 5,500 enlisted[2]
Part of Zowaa Flag SmallAssyrian Democratic Movement
Allies

Flag of Iraq.svg Iraqi Armed Forces

Flag of Kurdistan.svg Peshmerga
Opponents Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

The Nineveh Plain Protection Units (Syriac: ܚܕܝ̈ܘܬ ܣܬܪܐ ܕܫܛܚܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ Ḥḏāywāṯ Settārā da-Šṭāḥā d-Nīnwē; Arabic: وحدات حماية سهل نينوى‎) or NPU is a military organization created in December of 2014. The NPU has up to 250 men.[3] The group is aided by the American Mesopotamian Organization. A spokesman said the group also eventually plans to seek support from American and European governments.[4]

Sons of Liberty International, a non-profit military contractor, trained, advised and supplied the NPU from December 2014 to May 2015.[5]

Nineveh plains is a region in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq to the north and east of Mosul. It generally consists of three districts: Tel Keppe, Al-Hamdaniya, and Ain Sifni. The area includes the ancient Assyrian ruins of the cities of Nineveh, Nimrud, and Dur-Sharrukin, as well as numerous ancient religious sites such as the Mar Mattai Monastery, the Rabban Hormizd Monastery, the Tomb of Nahum and Lalish.[6]

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