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    Dozens Of Westerners Join Kurds To Fight ISIS In Syria

    While hundreds of Americans have tried to join ISIS, the Kurdish People's Protection Units, also known as YPG, have recruited people around the world to fight against the extremist group in Syria.
    by Samantha Raphelson Mar 15, 2018 3 minutes
    Caleb Stevens (fourth from left) in Raqqa, Syria, with other members of his unit. Stevens, a 23-year-old from Michigan, traveled to Syria to fight with the Kurdish People's Protection Units or YPG.

    A 23-year-old American staggered into a Chicago emergency room in January with a gunshot wound he says he sustained in Syria.

    Caleb Stevens had been fighting ISIS alongside Kurdish militants, the Chicago Tribune confirmed. While hundreds of Americans have tried to join ISIS in Syria, others have also ventured to the Middle East to fight against the extremist group.

    While attending the United States Military Academy, to join the fight because

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