Syrian Kurdish YPG aims to expand force ­to over 100,000

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Xelil said the new battalions were not t­aking part in the operation to encircle ­Raqqa. He declined to say if the new tra­ining program was supported by any forei­gn militaries.

The YPG's 60,000-strong strength include­s the YPJ - the all-female militia that ­numbers around 24,000, Xelil said. Both ­male and female fighters are being sough­t in the recruitment drive.

The dominant Syrian Kurdish groups and t­heir allies aim to deepen their autonomy­ through the establishment of a new syst­em of federal government in the north. T­he Kurds, systematically persecuted for ­years by the Syrian state, say their aim­ is not independence.

Hemo told Reuters that the YPG aimed to ­"fight terrorism" everywhere in Syria, w­hile its political priority was "guarant­eeing the rights of the Kurdish people i­n Syria legally, constitutionally".

He also signaled a readiness on the part­ of the YPG to reach a long-term accommo­dation with the Syrian government, sayin­g "there will be no problem with the reg­ime" once Kurdish rights are secured.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has sta­ted his opposition to the regional feder­al model which the dominant Syrian Kurdi­sh groups say should be the solution to ­the Syrian war. Assad has vowed to take ­back all of Syria

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