Nineveh Plain Forces

The Nineveh Plain Forces (Syriac: ܚܝ̈ܠܘܬܐ ܕܕܫܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, romanized: Ḥaylawathe d'Deshta d'Ninwe) (Arabic: قوات سهل نينوى), abbreviated as NPF, was an Assyrian military organization.

The announcement of the formation of the group was held in the Assyrian village of Tesqopa, and they had become registered within the Ministry of Peshmerga, allowing them to receive salary as soldiers as well as weapons.

[4] Earlier that year, it had indicated its readiness to participate in such operations, stating that their forces were currently stationed in a number of Assyrian/Christian areas in the Nineveh Plains and that they had previously repelled many ISIS attacks during this time.

[5][12] On October 29, 2016, a joint meeting was held amongst Assyrian political organizations, hosted by Mar Yokhana Putrus Moshe with the presence of a representative of Gewargis III at the headquarters of the Syriac Catholic Diocese.

[14][better source needed] In conjunction with the Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party and other groups, the Nineveh Plain Forces were criticized as being a proxy for the Kurdish Regional Government and the Dawronoye movement.

By the time the Nineveh Plains was liberated, the NPF had only managed to secure a small, mostly symbolic presence in Batnaya, as well as other areas that were controlled by the Peshmerga, until the October 2017 withdrawal of KRG forces following the Kurdish referendum.