YPG

Turkey finalizes plans to ‘destroy’ YPG in northern Syria, Erdogan says

Turkey has completed preparations for an operation in northern Syria to "destroy" the US-backed YPG that Ankara considers to be a terrorist group, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said

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Turkey shells ‘YPG positions’ in northern Syria, killing one HXP member

Turkey's armed forces fired artillery shells into northern Syria, with state media saying the shelling targeted positions held by the YPG

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YPG announces arrest of 3 ISIS foreign fighters in northern Syria

The YPG announced the arrest of three men it said were foreign fighters with ISIS, including Canadian recruiter Muhammad Ali, a German man and a Turkish national

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Syria: US and Turkish forces begin training for Manbij joint patrols

US and Turkish forces have begun training for joint patrols around Manbij in northern Syria, Turkey's national defense minister said

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Italy police search home, seize passport of suspected YPG foreign fighter

Police carried out searches targeting three Italians on Sardinia and seized the passport of one subject in an investigation into suspected involvement with the Syrian YPG

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British ex-soldier Joe Robinson sentenced in Turkey over YPG ‘terror’ links

A Turkish court sentenced former British soldier Joe Robinson to seven-and-a-half years in jail for alleged links to the Syria Kurdish YPG militia

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Alleged Italian ISIS member captured in Syria may match known foreign fighter profile

Kurdish fighters in northern Syria detained an alleged Italian member of Islamic State as he was trying to flee across the border to Turkey with his wife and children

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Kurds tie northern Syria stability to continued US military presence

Kurds in northern Syria are fearful due to the uncertainty of the future US military presence in the region

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UK drops charges against former soldier who fought against ISIS with the YPG

A former UK soldier alleged to have fought alongside YPG forces battling ISIS in Iraq and Syria had terrorism charges against him dropped

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Biji Manbij? US and Turkey plan for the Syrian city’s future without the YPG

After months of talks and threats of military action against the strongest force fighting ISIS in Syria, the U.S. and Turkey agreed to a ‘roadmap’ that would see the YPG leave Manbij

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