Kurdish militias

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irregular armed group non-state armed actor paramilitary organization

Kurdish militias are irregular Kurdish armed groups that have historically operated in parts of the Middle East, often involved in local power struggles, conflicts, and episodes of ethnic and sectarian violence.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kurdish forces 2
Kurdish militias canonical 2
Kurdish YPG forces 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf irregular armed group ⓘ
non-state armed actor ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
ethnicCharacter Kurdish ⓘ
goal Kurdish self-determination ⓘ
protection of Kurdish communities ⓘ
regional autonomy ⓘ
haveIdeologies Kurdish nationalism ⓘ
left-wing nationalism ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
tribalism ⓘ
haveOpponents Iranian security forces ⓘ
surface form: Iranian state forces

Iraqi Security Forces ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi state forces

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syrian Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Syrian state forces

Armed Forces of Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Turkish state forces

various Islamist armed groups ⓘ
various local Arab militias ⓘ
include Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan ⓘ
surface form: Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran armed wing

Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
surface form: Kurdistan Workers' Party armed wing

Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
surface form: Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan armed wing

People's Protection Units ⓘ
Kurdish Peshmerga ⓘ
surface form: Peshmerga

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ
surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces Kurdish components

Women's Protection Units ⓘ
various tribal Kurdish self-defense units ⓘ
involvedIn civil wars ⓘ
ethnic conflict ⓘ
insurgencies ⓘ
local power struggles ⓘ
sectarian violence ⓘ
languageOfMembership Kurdish ⓘ
notableRoleIn Iraqi Kurdish autonomy struggle ⓘ
Syrian Civil War ⓘ
conflict in southeastern Turkey ⓘ
war against the Islamic State group ⓘ
operateIn Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
religionOfManyMembers Sunni Islam ⓘ
sometimesClassifiedAs terrorist organizations by some states ⓘ
sometimesEngageIn forced displacement of civilians ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
sometimesReceiveSupportFrom European states ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

regional powers ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
useTactics asymmetric warfare ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
urban warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assyrian genocide → perpetrator → Kurdish militias ⓘ
Battle of Aleppo → belligerent → Kurdish militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish YPG forces
ISIS → hasEnemy → Kurdish militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish forces
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi → foughtAgainst → Kurdish militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish forces
Hamidian massacres → perpetrator → Kurdish militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish tribal forces
Kurdistan Free Life Party → armedWing → Kurdish militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Free Life Party armed units
Sayfo → perpetrator → Kurdish militias ⓘ