Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish militant leader jailed by Turkey who called on Thursday for his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to ...

Former Canadian model Hanna Böhman is in Syria fighting ISIS. Part of the Kurdish YPJ, a female brigade that is part of the Kurdish coalition, the mother of one is on her second tour in the country.

The new Kurdish assertiveness is evident not only in Iraq but also in Syria, where the YPJ, a Kurdish militia, has partnered with the U.S. military to fight the Islamic State (ISIS), Turkey ...

The Kurdish militias are the SDF, YPG, and YPJ. Turkey has used drones to target infrastructure in battling the SDF and YPJ. Turkey is attempting to force the collapse of the Autonomous ...

Kurdish-led factions, supported by the US-led military coalition ... Women played a crucial role in the fight against IS - many volunteered in the all-female Women's Protection Units (YPJ). As we ...

NATO ally Turkey has emerged as the dominant state power in a new Syria, and is seeking to press its advantage by bombing and occupying more Kurdish territory. The all-female Syrian Kurdish ...

The YPG has a female counterpart, the YPJ. Turkey sees the YPG as indistinguishable from the PKK. The Syrian Kurdish groups established a system of governance shaped by Ocalan's ideas in Kurdish ...