▁partners . ▁While ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Prote ction ▁Units ▁( Y ek î ney ên ▁Par ast ina ▁Gel , ▁Y PG ) ▁and ▁the ▁Women ' s ▁Prote ction ▁Units ▁( Y ek î ney ên ▁Par ast ina ▁Jin , ▁Y P J ) ▁had ▁been ▁operating ▁throughout ▁the ▁regions ▁of ▁the ▁Aut onom ous ▁Administration ▁of ▁North ▁and ▁East ▁Sy ria , ▁the ▁other ▁found ing ▁partners ▁were ▁more ▁ge ograph ically ▁focused . ▁ ▁Ge ograph ically ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁Eu phr ates ▁Region ▁were ▁the ▁Y PG ' s ▁partners ▁in ▁the ▁Eu phr ates ▁Vol cano ▁joint ▁operations ▁room , ▁several ▁main stream ▁Sy rian ▁re bel ▁fa ctions ▁of ▁the ▁Free ▁Sy rian ▁Army , ▁who ▁had ▁helped ▁defend ▁the ▁Kur d ish ▁town ▁of ▁Kob an î ▁during ▁the ▁Sie ge ▁of ▁Kob an î . ▁Li wa ▁Th u ww ar ▁al - R a qq a ▁was ▁also ▁in ▁Eu phr ates ▁Vol cano , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁exp elled ▁by ▁the ▁al - N us ra ▁Front ▁and ▁I SI L ▁from ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Ra qq a ▁for ▁being ▁al lied ▁with ▁the ▁Y PG ▁since ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁The ▁group ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁capture ▁of ▁Tell ▁A by ad ▁from ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁State . ▁ ▁Ge ograph ically ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁J az ira ▁Region ▁in ▁n ortheast ▁Sy ria ▁were ▁the ▁Ass y rian ▁Sy ri ac ▁Military ▁Council ▁( M awt bo