It must be something in the Middle East to see a woman leading so many met, but then again it appears that the Kurds are equal opportunity people when it comes to fighting.
Kurdish feminist commander Rojda Felat is leading 15,000 troops driving Islamic State from Raqqa
Isis in Iraq: All-female Yazidi fighters want revenge on DaeshIBTimes UK
A revolutionary feminist is leading the assault on Raqqa, capital of the Islamic State. Rojda Felat, a Kurdish woman in her 30s, has been battling Islamic State (Isis) for three years. She is the joint commander of the offensive on the stronghold of the terrorist death cult, leading 15,000 Kurdish and Arab fighters, supported by US special forces and coalition aircraft of the Syrian Democratic Forces.
"My main goal is liberating the Kurdish woman and the Syrian woman in general from the ties and control of traditional society, as well as liberating the entirety of Syria from terrorism and tyranny," she is quoted as saying in a Times report.
The Kurdish commander has said that she is inspired by women who have given their lives in the fight against IS. Arin Markin is thought to have blown herself up with a grenade rather than be captured, facing possible rape and being sold as a sex slave, during the bloody conflict at the Kurdish town of Kobani in 2014.
Kurdish feminist commander Rojda Felat is leading 15,000 troops driving Islamic State from Raqqa
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By Fiona KeatingMay 28, 2016 16:18 BST - 4,108
Isis in Iraq: All-female Yazidi fighters want revenge on DaeshIBTimes UK
A revolutionary feminist is leading the assault on Raqqa, capital of the Islamic State. Rojda Felat, a Kurdish woman in her 30s, has been battling Islamic State (Isis) for three years. She is the joint commander of the offensive on the stronghold of the terrorist death cult, leading 15,000 Kurdish and Arab fighters, supported by US special forces and coalition aircraft of the Syrian Democratic Forces.
"My main goal is liberating the Kurdish woman and the Syrian woman in general from the ties and control of traditional society, as well as liberating the entirety of Syria from terrorism and tyranny," she is quoted as saying in a Times report.
The Kurdish commander has said that she is inspired by women who have given their lives in the fight against IS. Arin Markin is thought to have blown herself up with a grenade rather than be captured, facing possible rape and being sold as a sex slave, during the bloody conflict at the Kurdish town of Kobani in 2014.
