Self-Defense Forces (Rojava)
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Hêzên Xweparastinê (HXP) قوات الحماية الذاتية Quwwāt al-himāyati al-dhātiyati |
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HXP militiamen with the organization's flag in the background.
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| Active | October 11th 2014 - present |
| Country | Syria |
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| Type | territorial defense militia |
| Size | unknown |
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| Website | https://www.facebook.com/Hezen.Xweparastine/ |
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| Commander-in-Chief | Renas Roza |
Self-Defense Forces (Kurdish: Hêzên Xweparastinê, abbreviated as HXP; Arabic: قوات الحماية الذاتية, translit. Quwwāt al-himāyati al-dhātiyati) is a multi-ethnic territorial defense militia and the only conscript armed force in the Federation of Northern Syria – Rojava. As a self-defense troop, HXP is locally recruited from wherever people live. The main task of HXP is to garrison the local area in different cantons of Rojava, so that YPG can fight in the frontline and terrorist attack can be avoided. Though officially claimed as a self-defense troop behind frontline, HXP has de facto participated some SDF's attacks against ISIL outside its own canton. The commander-in-chief of HXP is Renas Roza, who was the YPG commander in Ras al-Ayn.
The official name of HXP in Kurdish is Hêzên Xweparastinê. But in HXP's logo of Afrin Canton, there is another Kurdish name “Hêza Parastina Xweser” which may be only used in this canton. In some Kurdish news, “Erka Xweparastinê” has been used to entitle HXP.
The main English translation of HXP is Self-Defense Forces. Another rare translation is Autonomous Protection Force (abbreviated as APF), which often creates confusion that APF is a different armed force from HXP.
Though Rojava official said the self-defense duty “is not conscription”, the fact is in the contrary. HXP becomes the first and only armed force of conscription in Rojava.
The formation and conscription of HXP is legally based on the self-defense duty law (Kurdish: Erka Xweparastinê) of different Rojava cantons, which has be respectively approved by the Legislative Assembly (Kurdish: Meclîsa Zagonsaz) in every canton. According to the law, Defense Council (Kurdish: Desteya Parastin) of each canton opened the Center for Self-Defense Duty (Kurdish: Navenda Erka Xweparastinê) to register and recruit HXP.
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