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The National Defence Forces (NDF; (アラビア語:قوات الدفاع الوطني) ''Quwat ad-Difāʿ al-Watanī'') is a branch of Syrian Armed Forces, formed after summer 2012〔 as a part-time volunteer reserve component of the Syrian military, organized by the Syrian government during the Syrian Civil War. ==Formation== By the beginning of 2013, Assad took steps to formalize and professionalize hundreds of Popular Committee militias under a new group dubbed the National Defence Forces.〔(Iranian Strategy in Syria ), Institute for the Study of War, Executive Summary + Full report, May 2013〕 The goal was to form an effective, locally based, highly motivated force out of pro-government militias. The NDF, in contrast with the Shabiha forces, received salaries and military equipment from the government. Since the formation of the NDF, Shabiha members have been incorporated into its structure.〔 Young and unemployed men join the NDF, which some see as more attractive than the Syrian Army, considered by many of them to be infiltrated by rebels, overstretched and underfunded. A number of recruits say they joined the group because members of their families had been killed by rebel groups. In some Alawite villages almost every military age male has joined the National Defence Force.〔 Others, like the Druze people of Al-Suwayda Governorate join to protect their land from ISIS. In late June 2015, the Syrian government began arming citizens of this governorate against ISIS, who were harassing the local population with abductions, executions, and plundering. The locals became a large and powerful NDF contingent in the governorate.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Defence Forces (Syria)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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