A Syrian government delegation visited a notorious camp in the Kurdish-administered northeast that hosts families of suspected Islamic State group jihadists, the new authorities’ first visit ...

The Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by the US during the fight against the Islamic State, are primarily composed of Kurdish fighters from the YPG and YPJ. While they gained international ...

The YPG has a female counterpart, the YPJ. Turkey sees the YPG as indistinguishable from the PKK. The Syrian Kurdish groups established a system of governance shaped by Ocalan's ideas in Kurdish ...

Actress Melisa Sözen has been questioned by authorities over her portrayal of a character linked to the Syrian Kurdish Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in the French TV series Le Bureau des Légendes.

Kurdish leaders in Iraq and Syria are pledging to collaborate closely to advance Kurdish rights in Syria following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime last month. In a rare meeting ...

The all-female Syrian Kurdish fighting force, the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), achieved worldwide fame in 2014 as it began to win a series of unlikely victories against ISIS, launching an ...

Kurdish fighters who came to Syria from around the Middle East to support Syrian Kurdish forces will leave if a total ceasefire is reached in the conflict with Turkey in northern Syria, the ...

The SDF is primarily composed of Kurdish fighters from the YPG (People's Protection Units) and YPJ (the female equivalent of the YPG) and is backed and trained by the United States. Ideologically ...

The Kurdish militia said that its all-women unit had rescued an ISIS sex slave from the Al Hol camp. Watch the full video to know more about the SDF's women commandos who have played a key role in ...

According to SOHR, Turkey has carried out 49 drone strikes targeting Kurdish groups in Syria's north so far this ... killing three members of the Women's Defense Units (YPJ). The second airstrike took ...

Ahmadi found herself on the battle front, armed and wearing the uniforms of the Kurdish fighters of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) in Syria.