Scores of military-minded westerners have flocked to the Kurdish-dominated enclave of Syria in recent years – armed and ready to defeat the jihadist threat that is the Islamic State.

Dr. Simon Ross Valentine is a freelance writer writing a book on the peshmerga. Email: [email protected]. Lt. Colonel Nahida Ahmad Rashid is a top ranking female commander in the peshmerga, the ...

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters observe the front line with the Islamic State, in Gwar, northern Iraq, September 23, 2014. Reuters. In a command post several miles behind the front lines, Zrar has ...

In Iraq, A Kurdish Warrior-Diva Sings Against ISIS, Despite Threats : Parallels She goes by the name Helly Luv and made her latest music video — a tribute to Kurdish fighters battling ISIS ...

Paris slaying puts spotlight on Kurdish female warriors Women have played a prominent role in uprising of ethnic group known for it patriarchal values. 11 January 2013, 11:45 pm Edit.

View of the building where three Kurdish women, including one of the founders of a militant group battling Turkish troops since 1984, were "executed" in Paris, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013.

The poorly armed Kurdish warriors in Kobani say they’ve seen many US-made tanks (captured by ISIS in Iraq) and not enough US planes stopping them.

THE scourge of ISIS — a female Kurdish warrior who was credited with killing 100 jihadists — may have herself died in the desperate battle to prevent the city of Kobani falling into extremist ...

Among the warriors: Extraordinary photos portray the lives of the Kurdish volunteers resisting Isis in Syria and Iraq. Joey Lawrence's challenge lay in 'humanising the most distant of situations' ...

The woman was Sakine Cansiz – the exiled Kurdish activist who was found shot dead along with two other women on Thursday in Paris. Skip to main content Arrow-right ...

The life and death of Sakine Cansiz, the exiled Kurdish activist who was found shot dead along with two other women on Thursday in Paris, put the spotlight on a seeming paradox: Women have played ...

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