We believe it will help bring peace to this troubled region.” Northeast Syria is in the spotlight because of the ties between the PKK and the People’s Defense Units (YPG), a PKK affiliate. The YPG ...

The reality is that Ankara’s attempt to portray the SDF leadership as merely a branch or franchise of the PKK is simplistic. The Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG) was indeed created by PKK ...

Turkey makes no distinction between the PKK, SDF and YPG, arguing that they are largely one and the same and all “terrorist”. An added complication is that SDF and YPG fighters served as the ...

Two civilians were killed and five others injured in an attack by the YPG/PKK terrorist group in Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria, according to local sources on Sunday. YPG/PKK terrorists ...