The YPG mostly consists of Kurds, but also includes Arabs and foreign volunteers; it is closely allied to the Syriac Military Council, an Assyrian militia. The YPG was formed in 2011. It expanded rapidly in the Syrian Civil War and came to predominate over other armed Syrian Kurdish groups.

2023年10月5日 · U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish forces said on Thursday that Turkish attacks had killed eight people in an escalation prompted by a bomb attack in Ankara claimed by Kurdish militants.

YPG is an acronym whose translation means People’s Protection Units. It is the home grown defense forces of the Kurdish area of Syria. It emerged after the Civil War erupted in Syria and started to spill over into Syrian Kurdistan, now known as Rojava, or Western Kurdistan.

The YPG International or People's Protection Units International (Kurdish: YPG Enternasyonel) is a military unit made up of foreign fighters in the Syrian Democratic Forces. It was created in December 2016 as the Antifascist International Tabûr (AIT) of …

The People’s Defense Units (YPG) [also People’s Protection Units] is the official army of Rojava-Northern Syria Federation. After the Syrian Baath regime’s attacks in 2004, small units started to organize the YPG with the intention of protecting the people against attacks.

The YPG, a PKK affiliated militia known for its women fighters the YPJ, played a large role in the training of YBŞ forces. [5] In the summer of 2015, the number of soldiers in the YBŞ totaled around 2,000 Yazidi men and women. [7] This number continues to rise due to training by YPG and other support.

2019年1月27日 · In Syria, the armed wing of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party is called the YPG (People's Protection Units). Its female brigade is called the YPJ (Women's Protection Units). The Free Women's...

2019年2月4日 · After Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned cases of underage boys and girls fighting in the ranks of the YPG in 2014, headlines suggesting a systematic use of child soldiers made the rounds.

The People's Defense Units (YPG), also called People's Protection Units, is a libertarian socialist US-backed Kurdish militant group in Syria and the primary component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Quick Facts Active, Allegiance ...

2021年4月19日 · This analysis sheds new light on the rise and evolution of the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in the Syrian conflict. They are neither just emergent democrats, terrorists, Assad’s henchmen or rebels, but combine all these elements in a …