Qaraqosh Protection Committee
The Qaraqosh Protection Committee (also known as the Nineveh Plains Security Forces) is an armed militia formed by Assyrians living in the city of Bakhdida, in Ninawa Governorate of Iraq. The committee, formed in 2004, was organized through local churches, and began manning checkpoints and was soon working with the Iraqi police.
| Qaraqosh Protection Committee | |
|---|---|
| Leaders | Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo Sabah Behnem |
| Headquarters | Qaraqosh, Iraq |
| Active regions | Ninawa Governorate |
| Size | 1,200 |
| Part of | Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council |
| Allies | Iraqi Armed Forces Peshmerga Asayish Nineveh Plain Protection Units |
| Opponents | Al-Qaeda in Iraq Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
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