Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Dohuk. 2015. General Abboush Sakania (with gun) is a former high-ranking general in Saddam Hussein’s army and an Assyrian Christian who fled Qaraqosh last summer. He is now in charge of milit
(...) ary affairs for one of the three main Assyrian militias, the Nineveh Plains Protection Unit, a 350-member force based in the Kurdish city of Dohuk.
An NPU (an Assyrian Christian political party) training course for senior Non Commission Officers of their small militia. The training is being conducted by 'James,' a former U.S. Army soldier and veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan under the auspices of the Sons of Liberty. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos