In early 2015, the group won a major victory over the Islamic State (IS) during the siege of Kobanî, where the YPG began to receive air and ground support from the United States and other Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve militaries.

U.S. military support for the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the Syrian branch of the Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), has been an enduring problem for the U.S. relationship with Turkey, one of its historical allies in the Middle East since World War 1.

2016年1月26日 · The link between the PYD and PKK challenges Turkey’s interests in Syria and, by its own estimate, its national security. To support the PYD’s political and military efforts in Syria, Kurds from Turkey, Iran, and Iraq have travelled to Syria to join with the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the PYD’s militia.

2025年3月7日 · In particular, the PKK, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) (a left-wing pro-Kurdish party), and the People’s Protection Unit (YPG) (the armed wing of the Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD)...

2025年1月15日 · The Congressional Research Service (CRS), which advises U.S. lawmakers, officially acknowledged the connection between the PKK, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), and the Syrian YPG, a key "partner" of the U.S. in the region

2023年10月5日 · Turkey says the YPG is a terrorist organisation, closely tied to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group. Turkey's Western allies list the PKK as terrorist group, but not the YPG.

2022年11月14日 · Turkey has said the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia were responsible for a blast on the historic Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul on Sunday that killed six people,...

Ankara neutralised nearly two dozen YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria over the weekend, the latest in a series of strikes this year. The operations, aimed at dismantling terrorist strongholds, underscore Türkiye's demand for the YPG to disband and disarm, and for all PKK terrorists to leave Syrian territory.

PKK and its armed units, the People’s Defense Forces (HPG), the PCDK, the PYD/YPG, and PJAK are components of a transnational umbrella organiza-tion, the Kurdistan Communities’ Union (KCK), which is under the command of Öcalan.17 The relationship between the PKK on the one side, and PJAK and particularly

2023年7月13日 · The relationship between the PKK, PYD, People’s Defense Units (YPG), Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), and the SDF are vital to the group’s influence on international politics. The YPG and YPJ are the armed wings of the PYD, and the SDF is an umbrella group incorporating the YPG, YPJ, and several non-Kurdish groups that serves as the main U ...