The People's Protection Units or People's Defense Units (Kurdish: یەکینەکانی پاراستنی گەل, romanized: Yekîneyên Parastina Gel (YPG) pronounced [jɛkiːnɛjeːn pɑːɾɑːstɯnɑː ɡɛl]; Arabic: وحدات حماية الشعب, romanized: Waḥdāt Ḥimāyat aš-Šaʽb; Classical Syriac: ܚܕܝ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܣܘܬܪܐ ܕܥܡܐ, romanized: Ḥdoywotho d'Sutoro d'Amo) is a mainly-Kurdish militia in Syria and the primary component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).