Sutoro

Sutoro
ܣܘܬܪܐ
Active2012–present
CountrySyria
AllegianceSyriac Union Party (Syria)
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
TypePolice
RoleSecurity and policing
Size1,000+ (June 2013)[1]
Garrison/HQAl-Malikiyah, Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Nickname(s)Sutoro
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/Sutoro.S.S.F/
Commanders
General commander, 2015Ashur Abu Sarkun[2]
SpokespersonMalki Rabo[2]

The Syriac Security Office (Syriac: ܡܟܬܒܐ ܕܣܘܬܪܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, romanizedMawtbo d'Sutoro Suryoyo, Arabic: سوتورو), commonly known as the Sutoro or the Sutoro Police, is a Assyrian Christian police force in Jazira Region of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria in Syria, where it works in concert with the general Asayish police force of the canton with the mission to police ethnic Assyrian areas and neighbourhoods. Its establishment is associated with the Syriac Union Party (SUP).[3][4]

  1. ^ Ramezani, K. (12 July 2013). "20 Minuten - Schweizer Söldner im syrischen Bürgerkrieg - Hintergrund". 20min.ch. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Christian militias loot Christian towns in northeastern Syria". Middle East Eye. 18 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Bürgerkrieg : Die Christen in Syrien ziehen in die Schlacht - Nachrichten Politik - Ausland - DIE WELT". Welt.de. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  4. ^ Carl Drott (18 November 2013). "Qamishli's Cold War". Le Monde Diplomatique. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

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