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Nineveh Plain exodus and NPU formation, 2014
· Nineveh Plain, Iraq
The Islamic State's capture of Qaraqosh and other Assyrian towns displaced over 120,000 Christians and prompted the formation of an Assyrian self-defence militia.
What happened
On 6-7 August 2014, Islamic State forces captured Qaraqosh and other predominantly Assyrian towns in the Nineveh Plain, prompting more than 120,000 Assyrian and other Christians to flee, most to Iraq's Kurdistan Region; Iraqi and allied forces recovered the area in October 2016.[1]
Recruitment for the Nineveh Plain Protection Units, formed as the armed wing of the Assyrian Democratic Movement, began following the Islamic State's capture of Mosul on 4 June 2014, with the organization formally announced on 25 November 2014.[2]
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Claim: On 6-7 August 2014, Islamic State forces captured Qaraqosh and other predominantly Assyrian towns in the Nineveh Plain (including Tel Keppe, Bartella and Karamlish), prompting more than 120,000 Assyrian and other Christians to flee, most to Iraq's Kurdistan Region; Iraqi and allied forces recovered the area in October 2016, after which tens of thousands of displaced Christians began returning to damaged towns.
- ISIS overtakes Iraq's largest Christian city (CNN) link, Capture and displacement sections. Source record
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Claim: Recruitment for the Nineveh Plain Protection Units, an Assyrian self-defence paramilitary force formed as the armed wing of the Assyrian Democratic Movement, began following the Islamic State's capture of Mosul on 4 June 2014, with the organization formally announced on 25 November 2014.
- Nineveh Plain Protection Units (Wikipedia) link, Formation section. Source record