People's Defense Units
battle: Western al-Bab offensive (October–November 2016)
caption: Yellow flag of the YPG, first used since late 2012, widely adopted in 2013 and since then the official flag of the militia
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Maryamin,_Afrin
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Salih_Muslim
battle: Battle of al-Yaarubiyah
battle: East Aleppo offensive (2024–2025)
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wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Australian_labour_movement
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/2004_Qamishli_riots
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Islamic_State
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/AN/PVS-7
description: فصائل كردية مسلحة مؤلفة من مقاتلين محلين سوريين وتعرف اختصارا باسم YPG @ar
description: mainly-Kurdish militia in Syria
total width: 600
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
military unit size: 100,000 (IncludingYPJ, 2017 estimate)
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/U.S._Army
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Saddam_Hussein
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Tell_Abyad_offensive
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Anti-Terror_Units
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Kobanî_Canton
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battle: Deir ez-Zor offensive (2024)
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Syrian_Civil_War
wiki page external link: http://omranstudies.org/publications/reports/download/68_d403f01ed28320cb2e67b13cffb381c7.html
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Battle_of_Tell_Abyad_(2016)
battle: Battle of Tell Abyad (2013)
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Kurdish_Supreme_Committee
website: www.ypgrojava.org
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description: ھێزە چەکدارەکانی کوردی ڕۆژاوا @ckb
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description: milice kurde en Syrie @fr
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Combined_Joint_Task_Force_–_Operation_Inherent_Resolve
description: Suriye'de Kürt çoğunluklu silahlı grup @tr
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Autonomous_Administration_of_North_and_East_Syria
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Kurds_in_Syria
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wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Aleppo
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/List_of_armed_groups_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Regiment
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wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Sulaymaniyah
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Raqqa_campaign_(2016–2017)
second commander: Nuri Mahmoud
description: kurdyjskie siły zbrojne @pl
battle: Eastern Syria insurgency
battle: Operation Dawn of Freedom
battle: Battle of al-Hasakah (2015)
caption: Vertical red flag of the YPG, used since 2011 until early 2013
battle: Battle of Tell Abyad (2016)
battle: Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Jordan_Matson
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Arabic
commander2 label: Spokesperson
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Jaysh_al-Islam
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Icelanders
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Jihadist
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Assyrian_people
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Operation_Euphrates_Shield
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Al-Baghuz_Fawqani
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Syrian_Kurdistan
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Salafist
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Sniper
type: Motorized infantry
image: People's Protection Units Flag.svg
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align: center
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Battle_of_al-Hasakah_(2016)
battle: Raqqa campaign (2016–2017)
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Free_Syrian_Army
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Macer_Gifford
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wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Al-Darbasiyah
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Arabs
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Tell_Abyad
caption: Horizontal red flag of the YPG, used since 2011 until early 2013
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battle: US intervention in the Syrian civil war