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507:(YPG), though subsequent events led to the guards distancing themselves from both. On the evening of 21 April 2015, two leading Khabour Guard commanders, David Gindo and Elias Nasser, were abducted, blindfolded, shot and left for dead in an area close to the village of Jumayla. Elias Nasser managed to survive the assassination attempt and crawled to a main road where a passerby picked him up and took him to a hospital in
552:. On 20 September 2018, the Assyrian Democratic Party announced the formation of the "General Command of the Assyrian Forces" which was supposed to serve as umbrella organization for its affiliated paramilitaries including the Khabour Guards. The latter left the "Assyrian Forces" three months later, however, resulting in accusations that the SDF had influenced the Khabour Guards.
57:
476:, and be independent of all parties and warring factions, regardless of their political or religious orientations. Although the militia initially managed to attract hundreds of recruits, the Khabour Guards soon started to decline in military strength due to many locals migrating and the refusal of most Assyrian groups, such as the
518:
Nevertheless, the relationship of the
Khabour Guards with both YPG and the MFS worsened, and they broke ties with the Syriac Union Party over the incident. Thereafter, the militia's situation became difficult, allegedly due to pressure by the YPG to fully join the MFS. In response, the Khabour
519:
Guards' leadership announced in June 2015 that the group had decided to "lay down our weapons in the fight against ISIS". The guards then split, with many members staying close to the MFS and continuing to fight against ISIL with the YPG, while the rest of the militia aligned itself with the
535:
in May 2015. Following the reconquest, however, the various
Christian militias including the Khabour Guards, looted local villages under the guise of searching for ISIL holdouts. In the following years, the militia mostly stayed neutral, though some Khabour Guards fought with the YPG in the
515:. Four YPG fighters were subsequently arrested for their involvement in assassinating David Gindo and the assassination attempt on Elias Nasser, with two of the accused receiving a 20-year sentence while the other two received a four and one year sentence respectively.
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559:, as Turkey and allied militias targeted the Khabur valley. In this context, the Khabour Guards' spokesman Nabil Warde declared that the Turks were "our long-time enemies", referencing the
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The
Khabour Guards were originally set up by locals of the Khabur valley around late 2012 and early 2013. The group was supposed to act as pure
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in early 2015. Nevertheless, they managed to slow the advance of ISIL with support from the MFS and mostly
Kurdish
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480:, to supply them with arms. In consequence, the Khabour Guards gave up their attempts to stay neutral and joined
871:"PRESS RELEASE: To the General Public & Syriac-Assyrian-Chaldean People - Syriac International News Agency"
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17:
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831:"Court ruling regarding assassination of Khabour Guards Chief Daoud Gendo - Syriac International News Agency"
544:, while the YPG handed over security in the Assyrian towns along the Khabur River to the Khabour Guards and
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In late 2019, the
Khabour Guards fought alongside other SDF groups against the
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Military and
Security Structures of the Autonomous Administration in Syria
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force for the region's
Assyrian villages, stay completely neutral in the
540:. On 25 February 2017, the Assyrian Democratic Party agreed to join the
424:
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912:"Official statement from the Khabour Assyrian Council of Guardians"
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753:"Christian militias loot Christian towns in northeastern Syria"
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722:"بيان تأسيس المجلس العسكري السرياني الاشوري ، إتحاد MFS و MNK"
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942:"Assyrians seek self-management in Hasaka over deal with PYD"
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Council of the Khabur Guard Forces, chaired by
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877:. 7 June 2015. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016
1000:"In northeast Syria, last Assyrians fear Turkish advance"
780:"Abducted Syrian Christians moved to militant stronghold"
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464:Foundation and break with the Syriac Union Party
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352:2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
1038:: Omran for Strategic Studies. Archived from
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495:The Khabour Guards were initially overrun by
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523:, a rival of the Syriac Union Party.
998:Delil Souleiman (19 November 2019).
967:Mais Noor Aldeen (4 December 2018).
497:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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40:
400:
24:
694:Mardean Isaac (20 December 2015).
25:
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484:, a security force formed by the
415:control in the Assyrian-majority
751:Martin Bader (18 October 2015).
720:MFS Media Center (7 July 2019).
478:Assyrian Democratic Organization
449:Syriac-Assyrian Military Council
431:. Though officially neutral and
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411:created after the collapse of
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563:of Christians in 1915–1918.
533:Western al-Hasakah offensive
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337:Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016)
332:Western al-Hasakah offensive
327:Eastern al-Hasakah offensive
46:
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573:Assyrian Democratic Party
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435:, the Khabour Guards are
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131:Assyrian Democratic Party
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578:Syrian Democratic Forces
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401:مجلس حرس الخابور الآشوري
226:Women's Protection Units
178:Syrian Democratic Forces
583:Syriac Military Council
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447:, and as a part of the
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211:Syriac Military Council
127:(until 2015, from 2019)
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1062:Assyrian organizations
561:late Ottoman genocides
505:People's Defense Units
421:al-Hasakah Governorate
527:Operations from 2015
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184:(Sept. – Dec. 2018)
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486:Syriac Union Party
453:Syriac Union Party
148:Hasaka Governorate
124:Syriac Union Party
111:Dates of operation
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