Jan 27, 2019 · In Syria, the armed wing of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party is called the YPG (People's Protection Units). Its female brigade is called the YPJ (Women's Protection Units).

Oct 20, 2017 · After Tuesday’s announcement that ISIS had been defeated, the Kurdish Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) vowed to keep on fighting, many lamenting the 30 women they lost in …

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 …

Feb 20, 2021 · In early 2016, the first time a friend told Gayle Tzemach Lemmon the story of Kurdish Women’s Projection Units in northeastern Syria – also known as the YPJ – she had …

Jun 23, 2015 · After Kurdish fighting forces boot ISIS from a key town in Syria, CNN meets people who’ve given up their old lives to fight for the YPG.

Oct 27, 2015 · There is no doubting the raw courage of YPG fighters, nor of the Kurdish Women’s Defense Unit (YPJ) that fights alongside them. Flags and billboards carrying the pictures of …

Oct 31, 2014 · Filmed in Derik, Kurdish-controlled northern Syria. ...more. Kurdish women a force to be reckoned with for ISIS Originally aired on CNN.

Fear Us Women follows Hanna Bohman, a Canadian civilian who has spent the last three years in Syria as a volunteer soldier battling ISIS. As a member of the YPJ, an all-female Kurdish army, …

Feb 15, 2021 · The women of the YPJ saw firsthand the savagery of the Islamic State fighters who raped, killed, and, in some cases, beheaded women, including their friends.

Mar 7, 2021 · In early 2016, the first time a friend told Gayle Tzemach Lemmon the story of Kurdish Women's Projection Units in northeastern Syria -- also known as the YPJ -- she had …