Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) inspect damage at a site hit by one of the three truck bombs, in the YPG-controlled town of Tel Tamer, Syria December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Rodi Said
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia aims to expand its force by about two-thirds to more than 100,000 fighters this year, it told Reuters, a plan that would strengthen autonomous Kurdish enclaves that are of deep concern to neighbouring Turkey.
The YPG, which is playing a crucial role in the U.S.-backed campaign against Islamic State in Syria, has launched a major drive this year to turn itself into a more organised force resembling an army, spokesman Redur Xelil said.
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