Sainmhíniú "Syria's largest and best armed Kurdish group, the Syrian affiliate of the militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) [ IATE:856257 ]" Tagairt "Council-EN, based on Tracking Terrorism > Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), http://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/syrian-kurdish-democratic-union-party-pyd [16.12.2015]"
Nóta "The PYD's militant wing is the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) [ IATE:3566957 ].Not to be confused with the Iraqi Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) [ IATE:904903 ]."