A video of a Kurdish YPJ (Women’s Protection Unit) sniper almost getting shot in the face while fighting in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa is going viral and not because it’s like two ...

Home; World News; in depth YPJ: The Kurdish feminists fighting Islamic State . All-female militia is protecting the Kurdish population from militants – as well as challenging gender roles ...

The all-female Syrian Kurdish fighting force, the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), achieved worldwide fame in 2014 as they began to win a series of unlikely victories against ISIS, launching an ...

FILE: Young Syrian-Kurdish women take part in a training session organized by the Kurdish Women’s Defense Units (YPJ) on August 28, 2013. BENJAMIN HILLER/AFP/Getty Images ...

The Kurdish Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in Syria is both widening its operations to include Arab women who want to join the fight against Isis and stepping up its military assault on the ...

The YPG and the YPJ make up the majority of the fighting force of Rojava, the self-proclaimed Kurdish state in Northern Syria. The YPJ is unique as far as fighting groups go in that it is the sole ...

QAMISHLI, Syria — A female Kurdish fighter carried out what appeared to be a suicide bombing attack on the Turkish military in Syria, destroying a tank and killing several Turkish soldiers with ...

Exclusive: 28-year-old Kimmie Taylor is the only British woman on the front line against Isis in Syria. In a lull in fighting, The Independent asked whether she still thinks the fight is worth it ...

On October 27, rumors began to spread on social media that a Kurdish female fighter known by the pseudonym Rehana may have been beheaded by Islamic State (IS) militants in Kobani.

“Kurdish women when they get married, they give up life,” she said, speaking in the excellent English she learned from watching old American movies. “I didn’t like this idea.” ...