The riots resulted in around 36 dead, most of them Kurds. They did not, however, emerge as a significant force until the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011. [28][29] The self-defence committees that were to become the YPG were formed in July and …

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.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkey on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the death of a People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter in northeast Syria (Rojava), days after the Kurdish-led Syrian...

Jul 25, 2017 · The YPG announced Tuesday that David Taylor, 25, a U.S. Marine veteran from Florida, was "martyred" on July 16 while fighting ISIS in the Syrian city of Raqqa.

Oct 24, 2019 · Aziza Jalal, nom de guerre Amara Renas, was a member of the SDF-affiliated Kurdish Women’s Protection Units (YPJ). She was killed and her body desecrated by Turkish-backed Syrian militias on...

Feb 3, 2018 · Kurds in Syria have reacted furiously to a video showing the body of a female Kurdish fighter killed in battle during a Turkish-led offensive. Barin Kobani, who was part of all-female unit in...

Apr 10, 2015 · The YPG confirmed to NBC NEWS that Peyman was killed in a battle with ISIS earlier this week. She joined the fallen she’d immortalized in song.

Sep 1, 2016 · When a fighter in the People’s Protection Units (YPG)-the most prominent Kurdish armed group in Syria-dies, fellow fighters and their supporters say “shahid namrin.” This is Kurdish for “a...

Feb 7, 2018 · The People's Protection Units (YPG) have confirmed Kobani was killed earlier this month in violent confrontations with the Free Syria Army and the Turkish Army in the village of Qurna.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkey’s defense ministry claimed Saturday its forces have killed 261 Kurdish fighters in the Kurdistan Region and northern Syria since the year began, pledging to...