The Civil Protection Units (Kurdish: Yekîneyên Parastina Sivîl, pronounced [jɛkinɛjen parastɪna sɪvil]; YPS), also known as Civil Defense Units, is a...

The Women's Protection Units or Women's Defense Units is an all-female militia involved in the Syrian civil war. The YPJ is part of the Syrian Democratic...

in the Syrian Civil War and came to predominate over other armed Syrian Kurdish groups. A sister militia, the Women's Protection Units (YPJ), fights alongside...

search and rescue operations and heavy technical assistance. Some Civil Protection units however also partake in the regular emergency response in their...

Civil defense or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state (generally non-combatants) from human-made and natural disasters. It...

December 2015, the YDG-H was reorganized into the Civil Protection Units (YPS) militia. People's Protection Units (YPG) "A new generation of Kurdish militants...

be a brutal police state. In City 17, an Eastern European city, Civil Protection units routinely conduct searches of apartment blocks, interrogating human...

The Nineveh Plain Protection Units (Classical Syriac: ܚܕܝ̈ܘܬ ܣܬܪܐ ܕܫܛܚܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ Ḥḏāywāṯ Settārā da-Šṭāḥā d-Nīnwē; Arabic: وحدات حماية سهل نينوى) or NPU...

Wasserwacht branch of the German Red Cross has chosen johnboats for their civil protection units for use during floods. In the late 19th century, flat-bottom boats...

(TKEP/L) Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H) Civil Protection Units (YPS) Civil Protection Units-Women (YPS-Jin) Kurdish National Alliance in Syria...

the Êzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ), the formerly Peshmerga-aligned Protection Force of Sinjar (HPŞ) and other independent Yazidi units committed to the united...

in the Iraqi Civil War November 2015 Sinjar offensive Also transliterated as Ezidkhan Defense Units, Ezidkhan Protection Force, Protection Force of Ezidkhan...

The Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS, German: Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport...

Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ), the formerly Peshmerga-aligned Protection Force of Sinjar (HPŞ) and other, independent Yezidi units committed to the united...

operations. Peshmerga List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War Aslı Ceren Aslan Civil Protection Units, Turkey Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist...

killed and 5 were injured, along with a civilian. Civil conflict in Turkey Civil Protection Units Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (Maoist...

Tabûr (AIT) of the People's Protection Units (YPG). The unit is part of the Syrian Democratic Forces in the Syrian Civil War. Establishment and Campaigns...

YPS may refer to: Civil Protection Units (YPS), a Kurdish rebel group in Turkey IATA airport code of Port Hawkesbury Airport, in Canada Yps (comics), a...

The national federation of civil protection (French: fédération nationale de protection civile), or the FNPC, is one of the a French humanitarian and first...

specialized units to provide protection for witnesses and their families who face threats to their life. Notable units include the Witness Protection Unit (WPU)...

arrested. After 7 days following the appearance of the wildfires, Civil Protection units have successfully extinguished 41 forest fires in nine provinces...

The Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO), formerly known as the European Community Humanitarian...

The Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Emergencies (DGPCE) is a component of the Spanish Department of the Interior responsible for promoting...

objects hazardous radiatively, chemically and biologically; protection of formations and units against the nuclear effects of mass destruction weapons and...

Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) (German: Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz, BABS, French: Office fédéral de la protection de la population, OFPP...

Women's Units (YJA-STAR) Civil Protection Units (YPS) People's Protection Units (YPG) Women's Protection Units (YPJ) Eastern Kurdistan Units (HRK) Komalah...

This is a list of active police tactical units. Police tactical units are specialized units of a police force tasked with resolving high risk / critical...

best trained and equipped members of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Women's Protection Units (YPJ). They were led by the Syrian Kurdish commander...

who volunteered to serve with the People's Protection Units (YPG), a Kurdish militia, in the Syrian Civil War. Belden is also widely known by his former...

officially known as the Civil Guard (Finnish: Suojeluskunta, IPA: [ˈsuo̯jelusˌkuntɑ]; Swedish: Skyddskår; lit. 'Protection Corps'), was a voluntary militia...