| Martyr Nubar Ozanyan Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Armenian:Նահատակ Նուպար Օզանեան Գումարտակ Arabic:طابور الشهيد نوبار اوزانيان | |
 Logo of the Martyr Nubar Ozanyan Brigade | |
| Commander | Masis Mutanyan |
| Dates of operation | 2019 – present |
| Ideology | Armenianminority interests[1] Anti-imperialism[2] Marxism-Leninism-Maoism[3] |
| Part of |  Syrian Democratic Forces[4] Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist |
| Allies |  People's Protection Units International Freedom Battalion |
| Opponents |  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Turkey Syrian National Army |
TheMartyr Nubar Ozanyan Brigade (Armenian:Նահատակ Նուպար Օզանեան Գումարտակ,Arabic:طابور الشهيد نوبار اوزانيان,romanized: Tābūr Al-Shāhīd Nūbar Awzānyan,Kurdish:Tabura Şehid Nubar Ozanyan) is anArmenian military unit inSyria and a part of theLiberation Army of the Workers and Peasants of Turkey (TİKKO),[5] and theSyrian Democratic Forces. The brigade was founded in the Marziya Church in theAssyrian village ofTell Goran on 24 April 2019, the 104thanniversary of theArmenian genocide.[2]
The brigade is named afterNubar Ozanyan, aTurkish-bornArmenianMarxist-Leninist-Maoist revolutionary, who was commander of TİKKO, the armed wing of theCommunist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (TKP-ML), in Syria during the 2017battle of Raqqa, in which he was killed in action.[2]
The brigade stated that its goals are to defend theArmenians of Syria, thelanguage, and culture, and all peoples of theAutonomous Administration of North and East Syria from theIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and theTurkish state, which it described as the "current representatives of the fascistUnion and Progress Committee".[2][1]
On 14 August 2019 the Martyr Nubar Ozanyan Brigade and the TKP-ML held a joint ceremony in theHasakah region of Rojava commemorating the second anniversary of Ozanyan's death during the battle of Raqqa, attended by representatives from multipleSyrian Democratic Forces and other Turkish communist groups of theInternational Freedom Battalion.[6]
The flag of theMartyr Nubar Ozanyan Brigade (Western Armenian: Նահատակ Նուպար Օզանեան Գումարտակ) was adopted on the 24th of April, 2019 by the brigade. The flag is a white base background with the group's emblem in the center.,[7][8][9][10] the unit flag is a square plain red banner, with the emblem in the center, although the ring has been changed from a white to black, and the text is in white[11][12][13][14]
As the Armenian people and soldiers, we are here and we are ready. We as the Armenian military forces will defend our peoples, our freedom, our language and our culture.
