Back قوات الدفاع الوطني Arabic Нацыянальныя сілы абароны Byelorussian Национални отбранителни сили (Сирия) Bulgarian Força de Defensa Nacional Catalan ھێزەکانی بەرگریی نەتەوەییی سووریا CKB Národní obranné jednotky (Sýrie) Czech Fuerza de Defensa Nacional (Siria) Spanish نیروهای دفاع ملی سوریه Persian Kansalliset puolustusvoimat (Syyria) Finnish Forces de défense nationale French
| National Defence Forces | |
|---|---|
| Quwāt ad-Difāʿ al-Watanī | |
| Dates of operation | 1 November 2012 – present |
| Group(s) |
|
| Headquarters | Damascus |
| Active regions | Syria |
| Allies | State allies
Non-state allies |
| Opponents | State opponents
Non-state opponents
|
| Battles and wars | the Syrian Civil War |
The National Defence Forces (NDF; Arabic: قوات الدفاع الوطني Quwāt ad-Difāʿ al-Watanī) is a Syrian pro-government paramilitary volunteer militia, that was formed on 1 November 2012[15] and organized by the Syrian government during the Syrian Civil War as a part-time volunteer reserve component of the Syrian Armed Forces.[16]
The NDF is made of units across various Syrian provinces, each of them consists of local volunteers willing to fight against rebels for various reasons.[5][17]
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