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.

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)...

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.

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.

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.

2021年11月16日 · The YPG is the armed Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a Turkish Kurdish group formally designated as a terrorist entity by Washington, Ankara, and other NATO members. In 2013, Bashar al-Assad vacated Syria’s northern border in order to distract Turkey from its goal of trying to oust his regime.

2024年12月25日 · The YPG, PKK, and Peshmerga are distinct Kurdish armed groups with different origins, objectives, and areas of operation, although they share some ideological similarities and have cooperated at times. Initially established as a Marxist-Leninist organization, the PKK’s primary goal was to create an independent Kurdish state.

2015年8月3日 · For the past several months, the United States has been planning and executing airstrikes on Islamic State targets with the help of the YPG, a Kurdish military unit that is affiliated with the PKK, and one of America’s best allies against ISIS.

2024年12月19日 · Turkish intelligence destroys 12 trucks, two tanks, and two ammunition depots loaded with missiles, heavy weapons, and ammunition seized by the YPG/PKK terrorist group from the overthrown Assad regime in Qamishli, Syria.