The Turkish government views the biggest militia in the SDF, the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), as a terrorist organisation. It says it the YPG is an extension of the banned Kurdistan ...

The PKK has not yet reacted to the call, but the Syrian Kurdish YPG, the spearhead of a key U.S. ally against Islamic State in Syria that Ankara views as an extension of the PKK, has said Ocalan's ...

The Syrian Kurdish groups established a system of governance shaped by Ocalan's ideas in Kurdish-majority regions of the north. The YPG's influence expanded as it allied with the U.S.-led ...

Ocalan’s statement could also have far-reaching regional implications, especially in Syria, where a PKK-affiliated Kurdish militia called the People’s Protection Units (YPG) forms the backbone ...

After the start of Syria's civil war in 2011, a Kurdish armed group - the People's Protection Units (YPG) - established control over Kurdish areas of northern Syria, along with its political ...