Palestinian National Guard

The Palestinian National Guard (Arabic: الحرس الوطني الفلسطيني al-ḥaras al-waṭanī al-falasṭīnī) is a unified command of state-sponsored militias known as the Popular Mobilisation Corps, as well as partisan pro-government militias like the Ba'athist El-Saeqa. It functions as a parallel hierarchy to the Palestinian Armed Forces outside the jurisdiction of the Minister of Defence, directly answerable to the President of Palestine in his capacity as commander-in-chief.