People's Defense Units controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2016
Alleged use of chemical agents in Sheikh Maqsood shelling
YPG representatives alleged that Saudi Arabia-backed Army of Islam forces shelled the Kurdish Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood in Aleppo with prohibited chemical agents. The supplied material presents this as an allegation rather than an independently established finding.
2015
Dispute over YPG-PKK affiliation and terrorism designations
Turkey and Qatar have characterized the YPG as a terrorist organization because of its alleged relationship with the PKK. The designation is contested and is not shared uniformly by international actors that cooperated with the YPG-led SDF against the Islamic State.