YPG (People's Protection Units)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/YPG_(People's_Protection_Units)
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf militant
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:YPG
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkbp:country gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:femaleWing gptkb:YPJ_(Women's_Protection_Units)
gptkbp:flag YPG flag
gptkbp:founded 2011
gptkbp:headquarters Qamishli
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label YPG (People's Protection Units)
gptkbp:ideology Kurdish nationalism
Democratic confederalism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
Kurdish
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Sipan_Hemo
gptkbp:motto For the brotherhood of peoples
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Yekîneyên_Parastina_Gel
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Afrin
gptkb:Raqqa_campaign
gptkb:Siege_of_Kobani
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Turkey
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:region gptkb:Rojava
Northern Syria
gptkbp:size tens of thousands
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:website https://ypgrojava.org
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Autonomous_Administration_of_North_and_East_Syria
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6