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The Women's Protection Units or Women's Defense Units is an all-female militia involved in the Syrian civil war. The YPJ was part of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the armed forces of the Democratic Au
YPJ fighter wearing patch featuring Abdullah Öcalan
A mural in support of the YPJ in Bologna, Italy
The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, also known as Rojava, was a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria from 2012 until its integration into the Syrian state in
Women's Protection Units
…Defense Units (YPJ) is an all-female militia involved in the Syrian civil war. The YPJ was part of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the armed forces of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, and is closely affiliated with the male-led YPG. While the YPJ is mainly made up of Kurds, it also includes women from other ethnic groups in Northern…
Having been part of the Fertile Crescent, Northern Syria has several Neolithic sites such as Tell Halaf.
Ruins of the "Red House" of the Assyrian site Dur-Katlimmu exposed by excavations (6th century AD)
The Ba'athist government of Syria under Hafez al-Assad (pictured c. 1987) implemented Arabization policies in northern Syria.
Kurds celebrating Newroz in Girê Tertebê, near Qamishli, in 1997