The YPG is an all-female branch of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a group that has actively fought against ISIL in the Northern part of the country and has been heavily involved in major battles in the war-torn country since the middle of the last decade.
They are a relatively progressive branch of the military designed to challenge traditional Islamic roles for women and strike fear into the heart of enemies who believe that if they are killed by a member of the opposite sex that they will not get what they have been promised in the afterlife.
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