People's Defense Units

Summary

People's Defense Units is a militia^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of militia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,952 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• People's Defense Units is identified as part of the Kurds ethnic group^[3].
• People's Defense Units is in the country of Syria^[4].
• People's Defense Units's instance of is recorded as militia^[5].
• People's Defense Units's instance of is recorded as military unit^[6].
• People's Defense Units's official language is recorded as Kurdish^[7].
• People's Defense Units's headquarters location is recorded as Syria^[8].
• People's Defense Units's flag is recorded as flag of the People's Protection Units^[9].
• People's Defense Units is part of Syrian Democratic Forces^[10].
• People's Defense Units's Commons category is recorded as People's Protection Units^[11].
• 2004 marks the founding of People's Defense Units^[12].
• People's Defense Units was part of the conflict Siege of Kobanî^[13].
• People's Defense Units was part of the conflict Syrian Civil War^[14].
• People's Defense Units was part of the conflict Battle of Aleppo^[15].
• People's Defense Units was part of the conflict Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017^[16].
• People's Defense Units's official website is recorded as https://www.ypgrojava.org/english^[17].
• People's Defense Units's topic's main category is recorded as Category:People's Protection Units^[18].
• People's Defense Units's allegiance is recorded as Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria^[19].
• People's Defense Units's allegiance is recorded as Democratic Union Party^[20].
• People's Defense Units's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ku', 'text': 'Yekîneyên Parastina Gel'}^[21].
• People's Defense Units's different from is recorded as People's Defence Forces^[22].
• People's Defense Units's hashtag is recorded as YPG^[23].
• People's Defense Units's designated as terrorist by is recorded as Turkey^[24].
• People's Defense Units's enemy is recorded as Islamic State^[25].
• People's Defense Units's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+68172'}^[26].
• People's Defense Units's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+61269'}^[27].

Body

Founding

2004 marks the founding of People's Defense Units^[12].

Identity

People's Defense Units is part of Syrian Democratic Forces^[10].

Operations

People's Defense Units's headquarters location is recorded as Syria^[8].

Why It Matters

People's Defense Units ranks in the top 5% of militia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,952 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]