Those that knew him in the YPG describe an intelligent, easygoing man with a great sense of humor and a deep Christian faith that inspired him to help others.

If one thing can now preserve Rojava, it is ISIS and the opposition forces in Syria holding out against the odds. In short only a prolonged anti-ISIS military campaign can preserve Rojava. In my ...

In addition to the Lions of Rojava page, Western supporters of the YPG have used Facebook to share detailed information in English for potential recruits about how to get to Syria and what they ...

The YPG warned rebels to hand over the town or they would get the Russians to bomb them again (it’s worth noting that the YPG allegedly threatened Arab residents of villages surrounding Tal Abyad with ...

“Hundreds of foreign, non-Kurdish volunteers have joined the YPG/YPJ in their fight, and a number of them have paid with their lives, while others have been unjustly prosecuted for their actions ...

“They started dropping the arms in Rojava early this morning,” said Polat Can, a commander for the Kurdish YPG militia that, with the help of U.S. bombing, has pushed the Islamic State from as ...

It should also be noted that people drafted in Rojava are not sent to the front lines—the YPG is a volunteer force. Draftees serve as border and civil police.

The sad fact that the good name of this revolution became tainted by America’s illegal troop presence in Rojava didn’t make the YPG’s stand any less heroic, though it did cast a black cloud ...

The Syrian government has largely lost control of Rojava, allowing the Syrian-Kurdish paramilitary troops called the Popular Protection Units (YPG) to rise in their absence.

Fonda also fought in Rojava, joining the region’s People’s Protection Units (YPG) in the spring of 2015. There, he served on the front line as an infantryman, linguist, and interrogator.

Early in the war, the YPG and the Assad regime essentially entered into a détente to avoid opening a new front in an already complicated war, a decision many anti-government rebels find unforgivable.

A former West Point cadet who left the U.S. to join Kurdish militia groups fighting Syrian ISIS forces was interrogated by police at a Chicago hospital.