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The People's Defense Units, Kurdish abbreviation YPG, also called People's Protection Units, is a libertarian socialist Kurdish militant group in Syria and the primary component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Defense Units | Active | 2011–present | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Allegiance | Kurdish Supreme Committee (2011–2013) Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (2013–present) Democratic Union Party (2012–present) | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Syrian Civil War Rojava conflict 2012 Rojava campaign Rojava–Islamist conflict Battle of Aleppo Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016) Al-Hasaka campaign (2012–13) Battle of… | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Rojava conflict 2012 Rojava campaign Rojava–Islamist conflict | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | 2012 Rojava campaign | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Rojava–Islamist conflict | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Battle of Aleppo Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016) | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016) | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Al-Hasaka campaign (2012–13) Battle of Ras al-Ayn | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Battle of Ras al-Ayn | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Battle of Tell Abyad (2013) | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Battle of al-Yaarubiyah | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Battle of Tell Hamis and Tell Brak (2013–2014) | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Siege of Kobanî | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | US intervention in the Syrian civil war | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Al-Hasakah offensive | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Battle of Sarrin | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Tell Abyad offensive | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Battle of Al-Hasakah | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Al-Hawl offensive | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Tishrin Dam offensive | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Al-Shaddadi offensive | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Battle of Tell Abyad (2016) | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Northern Raqqa offensive | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Manbij offensive (2016) | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Battle of al-Hasakah (2016) | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Operation Euphrates Shield | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Western al-Bab offensive (October–November 2016) | 1.00 | infobox |
| People's Defense Units | Engagements | Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) | 1.00 | infobox |
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