The Anti-Terror Units (Kurdish: Yekîneyên Antî Teror, short: YAT, Arabic: وحدات مكافحة الإرهاب) are the special forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces, consisting of the best trained and equipped members of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Women's Protection Units (YPJ).

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) [g] is a Kurdish-led [13] [105] [106] coalition of U.S.-backed left-wing [107] [108] ethnic militias and rebel groups, and serves as the official military wing of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES; also unofficially known as Rojava).

2023年3月18日 · Two helicopters carrying members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) counterterror unit, the YAT, were brought down by bad weather in Duhok province on Wednesday. “Heartfelt...

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), [a] also referred to as Tahrir al-Sham, was a Sunni Islamist political organisation and former militia group involved in the Syrian civil war. [58][59][60][42] It was formed on 28 January 2017 as a merger between several armed groups: Jaysh al-Ahrar (an Ahrar al-Sham faction), Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS), Ansar al-Din...

2020年2月18日 · A recent photo has emerged of a newly outfitted SDF anti-terrorism unit trooper — one that paints a clearer picture of their specialized role in their fight against ISIS and Turkey, and hints at...

2024年5月19日 · On May 16th and 17th, our SDF counter-terrorism units (YAT), with support from the international coalition forces, conducted two successful security operations in the Deir Ezzor countryside. These operations targeted a leader of ISIS cells and disman

2024年7月5日 · The "Yekîneyên Antî Teror" (YAT; "Anti-Terror Units") are the Elite special forces of the "Yekîneyên Parastina Gel" (YPG; "People's Protection Units") - the predominantly Syrian-Kurdish militia that makes up most of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The YAT were formed in 2014 to combat the Islamic State both behind enemy lines and in ...

2023年8月17日 · The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Thursday said in a statement that its Anti-Terrorism Units (YAT), with the aerial support from the global coalition forces and “active” participation of ...

2019年11月25日 · The YAT is the premier “Anti-Terror” force for the SDF/YPG, with a particular focus on anti-ISIS operations. Here’s a few images for 2015-16 in which YAT fighters are armed mainly with basic AK platforms with a smattering of M16. Whilst they are more standardised than the rest of the YPG at that time, the arms are nothing too special.

2023年3月17日 · ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Friday that nine of their fighters from a counter-terrorism unit, including a commander, were killed when two...