The Dwekh Nawsha (Syriac: ܕܒ݂ܝܚ ܢܦ̮ܫܐ; literally "self-sacrificing") was a Christian military organization created in June 2014 in order to defend Iraq's Assyrian population from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and possibly retake their lands currently controlled by ISIL. The militia defends the Christian cities in the Nineveh province of the historical Assyria region.[3]
The Dwekh Nawsha operates in coordination with the regional and international security forces.[4]
A report by the Assyrian Policy Institute released in June 2020 claimed that Dwekh Nawsha was eventually disbanded and that all of its social media accounts had been deleted.[9]
^Hanna, Reine (1 June 2020). "Contested Control: The Future of Security in Iraq's Nineveh Plain"(PDF). Assyrian Policy Institute. p. 39. Retrieved 2 August 2020. The force was ultimately disbanded, and official social media accounts for the Dwekh Nawsha have since been disabled. The force was disbanded soon after.