Speaking on a panel at the Aspen Security Forum, Gen. Raymond Thomas, the commander of US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), said the U.S. asked the People’s Protection Unit, or YPG, to re ...

Since mid-2014, America’s main enemy in Syria and Iraq has been the self-proclaimed Islamic State. ISIL is down for the count in both countries, but U.S. decision-makers now face a new challenge: ...

1 / 2 Show Caption + Last year, YPG hosted a multi-week operational test that saw Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 5th field artillery at Fort Riley, Kansas,using the Excalibur and PGK 155mm ...

Arthur explains that the American "support" to the YPG-YPJ should be considered as an objective alliance. The YPG-YPJ are perfectly aware that the US consider them as a tool to fight Daesh.

YPG-Training camp for international volunteers, canton of Cizîrê Turkish bombings April 25, 2017 Because of news from Turkish bombings on Sinjar and on an YPG base of Rojava (not ours) I will have to ...

The Kurdish YPG (or People’s Defense Units) has released a summary of its operations for 2015. The YPG claims to have killed nearly 6,000 "enemy" fighters, most of whom likely belonged to the Islamic ...

American YPG fighter tells his story of coming and joining the fight by YPG PRESS OFFICE on YouTube The Kurdish force said Grodt was killed in an ambush by ISIS militants on July 6, in a Raqqa suburb.

A new post-9/11 war movie will tell the story of Levi Shirley, an American who volunteered to fight alongside the Kurdish YPG against ISIS, before his death in July 2016 during battle in Manbij ...

2011: 29th (183.1 ypg) 2012: 23rd (206.1 ypg) 2013: 30th (186.2 ypg) 2014: 31st (191.6 ypg) ...

The Pentagon has allocated $130 million for 2026 under the "Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund (CTEF)" for groups in Syria including the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a group led by the PKK/YPG ...