YPG

a soldier in front of a prison

Turkey eyes a new military operation in northern Syria, leaving people in the area on edge

Jul 8, 2022

Macer Gifford, a British volunteer who joined the Kurds in the fight against ISIS in Syria.

British volunteers in Syria took on ISIS. Now they face possible arrest back home.

Oct 26, 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces fighters dance along a street in Raqqa, Syria, on Oct. 18, 2017.

Raqqa liberated from ISIS: ‘My city is now ruined and burned down’

Oct 19, 2017

A US armed forces member stands near a military vehicle, north of Raqqa, Syria on Nov. 6.

US-backed forces launch assault on ISIS ‘capital’ in Syria

Nov 6, 2016

Turkish army tanks and Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters make their way in the Syrian border town of Jarablus on Aug. 24.

Turkey sends more tanks into Syria to fight ISIS — and to block US-backed Kurds

Aug 24, 2016

These women are taking the fight against ISIS into their own hands

Apr 26, 2015

A fighter from the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, flashes a victory sign as he patrols the streets in the northern Syrian town of Kobane on January 28, 2015.

Antique weapons combined with high-tech airpower pushed ISIS out of Kobane

Jan 28, 2015

One of the first US volunteers with the YPG was Jordan Matson, from Racine, Wisc.

Anti-ISIS groups take in surfers and other Western volunteers

Jan 5, 2015

A veteran from Wisconsin explains why he joined the fight against ISIS

Oct 21, 2014