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 (448 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 image is recorded as People's Protection Units Flag.svg^[5].
• People's Defense Units's instance of is recorded as militia^[6].
• People's Defense Units's instance of is recorded as military unit^[7].
• People's Defense Units's official language is recorded as Kurdish^[8].
• People's Defense Units's logo image is recorded as People's Protection Units Flag.svg^[9].
• People's Defense Units's headquarters location is recorded as Syria^[10].
• People's Defense Units's flag is recorded as flag of the People's Protection Units^[11].
• People's Defense Units's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 3694150869800922190001^[12].
• People's Defense Units's GND ID is recorded as 1158633351^[13].
• People's Defense Units's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2018041913^[14].
• People's Defense Units's IdRef ID is recorded as 197857043^[15].
• People's Defense Units's part of is recorded as Syrian Democratic Forces^[16].
• People's Defense Units's Commons category is recorded as People's Protection Units^[17].
• +2004-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of People's Defense Units^[18].
• People's Defense Units's participated in conflict is recorded as Siege of Kobanî^[19].
• People's Defense Units's participated in conflict is recorded as Syrian Civil War^[20].
• People's Defense Units's participated in conflict is recorded as Battle of Aleppo^[21].
• People's Defense Units's participated in conflict is recorded as Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017^[22].
• People's Defense Units's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kbh1z3^[23].
• People's Defense Units's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as olak2016934723^[24].
• People's Defense Units's official website is recorded as https://www.ypgrojava.org/english^[25].
• People's Defense Units's topic's main category is recorded as Category:People's Protection Units^[26].
• People's Defense Units's allegiance is recorded as Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria^[27].

Body

Founding

+2004-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of People's Defense Units^[18].

Identity

People's Defense Units's part of is recorded as Syrian Democratic Forces^[16].

Operations

People's Defense Units's headquarters location is recorded as Syria^[10].

Why It Matters

People's Defense Units ranks in the top 5% of militia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (448 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]