The Syrian Kurds live in the region of Rojava in the northern part of the country. The Kurdish PYD party has an armed wing called the YPG
Middle East and Africa

The Civil War in Syria and the Kurds

In the Syrian war the Kurds have played a key role in stemming the advance of the self-proclaimed Islamic State and they control now vast swaths of territory. An analysis of the political project of the PYD and its linkages with Abdullah Öcalan’s PKK