YPG

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeIn 2011–present
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkb:Kurdistan_Workers'_Party
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkb:Asayish
gptkb:YPJ
gptkbp:countryOfOperation gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:enemyOf gptkb:Turkey
gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkb:Syrian_government
gptkbp:flag YPG flag
gptkbp:founded 2011
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:People's_Protection_Units
gptkbp:hasFemaleWing gptkb:YPJ
gptkbp:headquarters Qamishli
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label YPG
gptkbp:ideology Kurdish nationalism
Democratic confederalism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Syriac
Kurdish
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Sipan_Hemo
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:ANF_News
gptkb:Hawar_News_Agency
gptkbp:motto Berxwedan jiyan e (Resistance is life)
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Yekîneyên_Parastina_Gel
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Afrin_offensive_(2018)
gptkb:Al-Hasakah_offensive_(2015)
gptkb:Al-Shaddadi_offensive_(2016)
gptkb:Battle_of_Ras_al-Ayn_(2012–2013)
gptkb:Battle_of_Sarrin_(2015)
gptkb:Eastern_Syria_campaign_(2017–2019)
gptkb:Operation_Cizire_Storm
gptkb:Operation_Wrath_of_Euphrates
gptkb:Tell_Abyad_offensive_(2015)
gptkb:Manbij_offensive_(2016)
gptkb:Deir_ez-Zor_campaign_(2017–2019)
gptkb:Raqqa_campaign_(2016–2017)
gptkb:Battle_of_Kobani
gptkb:Operation_Olive_Branch
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Nesrin_Abdullah
gptkb:Redur_Xelil
gptkb:Sipan_Hemo
gptkb:Polat_Can
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Battle_of_Hasakah_(2015)
gptkb:Deir_ez-Zor_campaign
gptkb:Raqqa_campaign_(2016–2017)
gptkb:Siege_of_Kobani
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Turkey
gptkb:Ahrar_al-Sham
gptkb:Al-Nusra_Front
gptkb:Free_Syrian_Army
gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkb:Syrian_government
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Democratic_Union_Party_(PYD)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkbp:responsibility gptkb:Rojava
gptkbp:size estimated 30,000–60,000 fighters
gptkbp:website https://ypgrojava.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kurdish–Arab_conflict
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5