Sootoro
Sign in to saveThe Gozarto Protection Forces (, , GPF) and Sootoro (), united as one organisation, was an Assyrian regional militia based in Qamishli and Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. The force composed primarily of local Assyrians and some Armenians, founded after the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War that began in 2011. Sootoro claimed to be affiliated with the Civil Peace Committee for Syriac Orthodox. The Qamishli Sootoro was aligned with the Ba'athist government of Bashar al-Assad.
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The Gozarto Protection Forces (, , GPF) and Sootoro (), united as one organisation, was an Assyrian regional militia based in Qamishli and Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. The force composed primarily of local Assyrians and some Armenians, founded after the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War that began in 2011. Sootoro claimed to be affiliated with the Civil Peace Committee for Syriac Orthodox. The Qamishli Sootoro was aligned with the Ba'athist government of Bashar al-Assad.
== History ==
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