Women wage war on Islamic State
Source:
Reuters
May 1, 2015
Women fighters at a Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant base on Mount Sinjar in northwest Iraq, just like their male counterparts, have to be ready for action at any time. Smoke from the front line, marking their battle against Islamic State, which launched an assault on northern Iraq last summer, is visible from the base.
Reuters photographer Asmaa Waguih spent time with the women who have taken up arms.
