Dwekh Nawsha

The Dwekh Nawsha (literally "one who sacrifices") is a military organization created in mid 2014 in order to defend Iraq's Assyrian Christians from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and possibly retake their lands currently controlled by ISIL.

Unlike the NPU, Dwekh Nawsha is fully independent and works with the [Peshmerga] and [Iraq] Military regularly. They are actively engaged in fighting against [ISIL] on the front lines alongside them.

Despite being led by the Assyrian Patriotic Party, most militiamen are not members of the party. Several foreign fighters have joined the Dwekh Nawsha.

The unit took its graduation ceremony on March 12, 2015.