Kurdish female fighters

Why We Fight: How Female Combatants Factor Into Kurdish State-Building

Women have been a part of the Kurdish military forces in Iraqi Kurdistan and the People's Protection Unit (YPG) in the Kurdish region of Syria for decades, fighting alongside men ...

July 6, 2016BY Marie Lamensch
Female Soldiers Rare in the Muslim World, but Now Fight Islamic State

Just over a year ago, Afshin Kobani was a teacher. Now, the Kurdish Syrian woman has traded the ...

October 25, 2014BY Bassem Mroue

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