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
The Rojava Revolution, also known as the Rojava conflict is a political upheaval and military conflict taking place in northern Syria, known among Kurds as Western Kurdistan or Rojava.
Top left: SDF Victory in the Battle for Raqqa (2017). Top right: Coalition airstrike on Islamic State position in Kobanî. Middle right: PYD supporters at a funeral. Bottom left: Kurdish YPJ fighters. Bottom right: Syriac Military Council patch.
Kurds, Assyrians, and Arabs demonstrate against the Syrian government in Qamishli, 6 January 2012
Ras al-Ayn and a series of other towns in northern Syria were partially captured by the YPG in 2012 (Battle of Ras al-Ayn depicted).
Anarchists and Kurds marching in France in support of Rojava