The border area between Iraq and Syria is currently controlled by Kurdish volunteers after both Iraqi and Syrian military forces abandoned the border crossings. The women fighters occupy the lookout post on the border, which allows them to monitor all IS activities in Iraq and Syria. Women fighters make up one third of all #Kurdish resistance. — PaulaSlier_RT (@PaulaSlier_RT) October 7, 2014 Rosarine, one of the women, confessed that she had never fired a gun in her life before the war against Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS) began. “The first time I fired I was scared, but...
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