The Women's Protection Units [a] (YPJ) or Women's Defense Units is an all-female militia involved in the Syrian civil war. [9] The YPJ is part of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the armed …

On 10 July, an all-female Arab SDF group was established in Deir ez-Zor, the Martyr Amara Arab Women's Battalion, named after a female Arab SDF fighter that died in combat. Their area of …

Mar 4, 2025 · The number of women in Japan's Self-Defense Forces has steadily increased in the 70 years since the SDF was established in 1954, with nearly all job and placement restrictions …

Mar 15, 2024 · The Syrian Women’s Political Movement, which al-Mahmoud is a member of, has called for an independent, international investigation. Al-Abdeh described the security situation …

Women have participated in our fight against dictatorship and terrorism in Syria since 2011. Today, thousands of women serve in the Women’s Protection Units of the SDF, where they …

Jul 28, 2022 · Salwa Yusuk, a deputy commander of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), was among three female SDF fighters killed in the strike last Friday, the officials said.

Mar 18, 2021 · In an exclusive interview with the Syrian Democratic Times, Newroz Ehmed discusses the future of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the US military presence in Syria, the …

Sep 18, 2022 · US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday, September 17 rescued tens of thousands of women and children linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) …

Mar 12, 2019 · Although Raqqa and the areas east of the Euphrates were liberated from ISIS in 2017—by the US coalition and allied forces, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which now …

Jan 8, 2018 · The Kurdish woman, with a wreath of ribbons in her hair, runs the women’s centre in Tabqa, an Arab city the SDF captured from Isis last year. She has just sent a large group to …