People's Defense Units
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The People's Defense Units, Kurdish abbreviation YPG, also called People's Protection Units, is a libertarian socialist Kurdish militant group in Syria and the primary component of the US-backed Syria
YPG fighters in 2013
Women's Protection Units in November 2014
U.S. Army M1126 Stryker armored vehicle in Al-Hasakah, May 2017
Rojava–Islamist conflict
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The Rojava–Islamist conflict is a major theater in the Syrian civil war and Syrian conflict fought between forces of the autonomous region of Rojava in northern Syria against Islamist militant groups.
YPG fighters waved their flag against ISIS in the Siege of Kobani, 2015.
Kurdish demonstration against IS in Vienna, Austria, 10 October 2014
YPG female fighters during the Al-Hawl offensive, December 2015
SDF fighters during the Battle of Raqqa against IS in 2017