Category Archives: YPG

Doctors Confirm ISIS Use of Chemical Weapon in Kobanê (Graphic Photos)

KT Special Report from Rojava: Local doctors and officials have confirmed that the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) used some sorts of chemical weapon that instantly killed Kurdish fighters during clashes in Kobanê of Rojava northeast Syria. Kobanê Canton Health Minister Dr. Na’san Ahmed told KT in a telephone interview that seven local…

Kobanê Frontline in Pictures

Photos and captions by Soresvan Abbas:   Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

Democracy’s Frontline Starts with the Pershmerga

By Kaziwa Salih: The Middle East, particularly Iraq and Syria, has turned into a triangle battlefield, amongst fanatical groups with diverse titles and similar aims: creating an Islamic state with Stone Age approaches. There are two tyrannical Governments completing this dimension which are Iraq and Syria. The Peshmarga of Kurdistan is the only force defending…

ISIS suspected of using chemical weapon against Kurds of Kobanê

KT report from Rojava: ISIS militants are suspected of using a “chemical weapon” in yesterday’s onslaught on the besieged Kurdish city of Kobanê in Rojava, northeast Syria. Wedat Muhammad, a Kurdish journalist now in Kobanê, told KT in a telephone interview that ISIS killed 6 Kurdish fighters of the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) yesterday, but post-mortem examinations…

Defence Of Kobanê is a National Duty

By the Rojava Report: The KCK and the Rojava Cantons Coordinating Body have called upon all of the youth and patriots of Kurdistan to mobilize in defense of Kobanê, according to an article from ANF carried by Özgür Gündem. The Kobanê Canton is under a sustained attack from forces belonging to the Islamic State of…

Rojava YPG proposes joint action with south Kurdistan peshmerga against ISIS terrorists

KT News: Following recent terrorist attacks by the Al-Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS), including the bombings of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) offices and today’s dramatic news that ISIS has captured Mosul, Iraq’s second biggest city, the Rojava-based YPG (People’s Defence Units) has today proposed a united front of west and south Kurdistan military forces against the common foe….

ISIS claims responsibility for Diyala bomb attacks on PUK

KT News: The Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for yesterday’s deadly attack on the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) headquarters in Jalawla in the disputed province of Diyala. 18 were killed and dozens wounded in a double assault. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it…

Daughter of BDP co-mayor killed in the defence of Rojava

KT News: Helin Demirkol, the 25 year old daughter of Haşim Demirkol, BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) co-chair of Amed’s Çermik Municipality, was killed on Monday in clashes between YPG (People’s Protection Units) forces and ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) terrorists in Rojava/West Kurdistan. ANF/Firat News reports that Helin Demirkol died in fighting in the Girê…

ISIS terror in and around Rojava, March-April 2014 – a diary of death

Compiled By WIFNO: The “Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham” (ISIS) has been engaged in an all-out war against the Kurdish territories in Syria since March 2014. After months of humiliating defeats by the forces of the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG  (Yekîneyên Parastina Gel) – at least 1.000 ISIS fighters (YPG claims 3.000 (1) )…

Rojava under attack: whose side is President Barzani on?

KT News: The Islamic jihadist group ISIS is making a sustained effort to capture Kobani, a Kurdish town close to the Turkish/Syrian border. Radikal* reports that the recently-established Kurdish autonomous region of Rojava can collapse if the Kurds lose Kobani. While the YPG (Peoples’ Protection Units) has inflicted heavy losses on ISIS,  the jihadists have…

Women in the People’s Protection Units defend Rojava: a photo story

By Rodi.M.Amin: November 2013, Rojava / Syria: Our first photo shows a People’s Protection Unit (YPG) fighter on the outskirts of the town of Tirbespiye, taking up her position while defending her town from attacks by the jihadists of the al-Nusra Front and ISIS: Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it Subscribe to…