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Syrian civil war: The Siege of Kobanî is broken by the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Free Syrian Army (FSA), marking a turning point in the Rojava–Islamist conflict.
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Syrian civil war
Multi-sided war in Syria
The Syrian civil war began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring. The Assad regime responded to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Siege of Kobanî
2014 IS offensive in northern Syria during the Syrian Civil War
The siege of Kobanî was launched by the Islamic State (IS) on 13 September 2014, in order to capture the Kobanî Canton and its main city of Kobanî in northern Syria, in the de facto autonomous region of Rojava.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
People's Defense Units
Mainly-Kurdish militia in Syria
The People's Defense Units (YPG), also called People's Protection Units, is a libertarian socialist US-backed Kurdish militant group in Syria and the primary component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Free Syrian Army
Opposition Faction in the Syrian Civil War
The Free Syrian Army is a big-tent coalition of decentralized Syrian opposition rebel groups in the Syrian civil war founded on 29 July 2011 by Colonel Riad al-Asaad and six officers who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces. The officers announced that the immediate priority of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Rojava–Islamist conflict
Theater in the Syrian civil war
The Rojava–Islamist conflict, a major theater in the Syrian civil war, started after fighting erupted between the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and Islamist rebel factions in the city of Ras al-Ayn. Kurdish forces launched a campaign in an attempt to take control of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
March 20
Day of the year
March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 286 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)