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|image = People's Protection Units Flag.svg |caption = YPG flag |dates = 2011–present |allegiance = Rojava (2012-present) Democratic Union Party (2004-2012) |type = Light infantry militia |size = 50,000 |garrison_label = Garrison |motto = ''YPG dimeşe, erd û ezman diheje'' (YPG is marching, and the earth and sky (heavens ) tremble) |battles = Syrian Civil War * Rojava conflict * * Battle of Aleppo * * Battle of Ras al-Ayn * * Siege of Serê Kaniyê * * Kurdish–Islamist conflict * * Siege of Kobanî * * Al-Hasakah offensive * * Battle of Sarrin * * Tell Abyad campaign * * Battle of Al-Hasakah * * Al-Hawl offensive (2015) Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) * Sinjar massacre * December 2014 Sinjar offensive * November 2015 Sinjar offensive |commander1 = Sipan Hemo |commander1_label = General Commander |commander2 = Rêdûr Xelîl |commander2_label = Spokesperson |commander3 = Khebat Ibrahim |commander3_label = Spokesperson |notable_commanders = Nujin Dirik (Aleppo commander) Giwan Ibrahim (Qamishli commander) Cemşîd Osman (Ras al-Ayn commander) Roshna Akeed (Ras al-Ayn commander) |command_structure = Syrian Democratic Forces |website = }} The People's Protection Units ((クルド語:Yekîneyên Parastina Gel), , (アラビア語:وحدات حماية الشعب), abbreviated as YPG), also known as People's Defense Units, are the main armed service of the Kurdish Supreme Committee, the government of Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava). The YPG are primarily Kurdish, but they also recruit Arabs, Turks, and westerners. There are Assyrian/Syriac Christian units integrated into its command structure (Sutoro and Syriac Military Council). The YPG have become a major opponent of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). They have co-operated with Syrian opposition fighters against ISIL but have avoided engaging forces of the Syrian government, which controls several non-Kurdish enclaves in Kurdish territory. The nature of links between the YPG and the PKK in North Kurdistan (Turkish Kurdistan) is disputed. They both have the same ideology and both have waged an armed struggle for cultural and political rights and self-determination for Kurds. The YPG were originally formed in 2004 by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Southern Kurdistan (i.e. northern Iraq) and were transferred to the service of the Kurdish Supreme Committee (which includes the PYD) in 2012. The group initially took a defensive posture in the Syrian Civil War.〔 In July 2012, the YPG had a standoff with Syrian government forces in the Kurdish city of Kobanî and the surrounding areas. After negotiations, government forces withdrew and the YPG took possession of Kobanî, Amuda, and Afrin. By December 2012, they had expanded to eight brigades, which were formed in Al-Qamishli, Kobanî, and Ras al-Ayn and in the districts of Afrin, Al-Malikiyah, and Al-Bab. Conflict broke out between the YPG and Islamists in 2013 after they expelled a group of jihadists from Ras al-Ayn. In 2014, the YPG collaborated with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in order to fight against ISIL in Ar-Raqqah province. The group has also formed an operations room with multiple FSA factions, called Euphrates Volcano. In February 2015, the YPG signed a judicial agreement with the Levant Front in Aleppo. In their campaign against ISIL, the YPG have begun making advances into Arab areas, such as the border town of Tell Abyad in June 2015. The YPG considers itself a democratic people's army and conducts internal elections as a method of appointing officers. ==The YPJ== The Women's Protection Units (Women's Defense Units) are the YPG's female units. The YPJ was set up in 2012. Kurdish media have said that YPJ troops became vital during the Siege of Kobanî. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「People's Protection Units」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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