Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kurdish_People's_Protection_Units_(YPG)
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf militant
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:YPG
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces_(SDF)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:flag YPG flag
gptkbp:founded 2011
gptkbp:hasFemaleWing gptkb:Women's_Protection_Units_(YPJ)
gptkbp:headquarters Qamishli
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG)
gptkbp:ideology Kurdish nationalism
Democratic confederalism
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Sipan_Hemo
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Arabic
Kurdish
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Yekîneyên_Parastina_Gel
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Afrin
gptkb:Raqqa_campaign
gptkb:Siege_of_Kobani
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Rojava
Northern Syria
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant_(ISIL)
gptkb:Turkey
gptkb:Syrian_government
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Democratic_Union_Party_(PYD)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces_(SDF)
gptkbp:website https://ypgrojava.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Sarrin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7