What is the Syrian Kurdish YPG? | Reuters
Nov 14, 2022 · The YPG, or the People's Protection Units, emerged as a powerful armed group during the Syrian civil war, which began in 2011.
Where Turkey stands as Bashar Assad's government falls | AP News
Dec 8, 2024 · ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Syrian refugees across Turkey jubilantly welcomed the downfall of Bashar Assad’s government Sunday, with many embracing the chance to return to their homeland. Large crowds waving Syrian and Turkish flags gathered in the main square of Kilis, a border city in southern Turkey.
Syrian Kurdish fighters kill at least 5 Turkey-backed gunmen in ...
Jul 10, 2023 · The Observatory, an opposition war monitor, said Monday’s attack was carried out by the Afrin Liberation Forces, a Kurdish faction allied with the main Kurdish militia in Syria known as the People’s Protection Units or YPG.
People's Protection Units (YPG) - The New York Times
News about People's Protection Units (YPG). Commentary and archival information about People's Protection Units (YPG) from The New York Times.
US to stick with Kurdish allies in Syria - Voice of America
Dec 9, 2024 · A Syrian Kurd waves the flag of YPG (People's Protection Units) near Qamishli's airport in northeastern Syria on December 8, 2024, following the fall of the capital Damascus to...
Syrian Kurdish groups on the back foot as power balance shifts
Dec 21, 2024 · [1/5] A boy walks past drawings on a wall depicting Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and Women's Protection Unit (YPJ) flags in Qamishli, Syria, December 16, 2024.
Turkish drone strikes in Syria kill 4 U.S ... - Associated Press News
May 31, 2024 · Turkey considers the Kurdish militia group, known as the People’s Protection Units, as a terrorist group linked to an outlawed Kurdish group that has led an insurgency in Turkey since 1984. That conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party has …
Turkey says Kurdish armed groups in Syria ‘legitimate targets’
Dec 3, 2022 · In an interview with Al Jazeera, Ibrahim Kalin said Ankara is after the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its offshoots the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Democratic Union...
All About the YPG, the Syrian Kurds Dividing Turkey and the US
Nov 22, 2022 · Turkey, a US ally within NATO, views it as a terrorist threat. The group is the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, a militia in Syria made up mostly of fighters representing the minority...
Fidan says 'elimination' of YPG 'strategic goal,' says Turkey told ...
Dec 13, 2024 · Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday that the elimination of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) is a "strategic goal" of Ankara's in Syria.
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