Syria: Meet the Kurdish women fighting the frontline battle against IS

Video ID: 20141020-034 M/S Female fighters from Kurdish Peoples Protection Unit (YPG) running in single file M/S Female and male YPG fighters crawling through tunnel M/S Girl firing AK-47 SOT, Zaline, YPG fighter (Kurdish): “We carried our weapons and went to the front to fight ISIS, our enemy. They fear our weapons and are shocked by our strength. Life here is not ordinary, you do not find the lies, the betrayal and the hypocrisy you find in a normal life. Here you find true friendship. We want everyone to know that a woman is not different to a man when it comes to defending her country. We ask women all over the world not to underestimate themselves and believe that they are able to accomplish anything.“ C/U Female YPG fighter pointing weapon M/S YPG fighter firing AK-47 SOT, Naline, YPG fighter (Kurdish): “I was a school student, every time I went to school I felt fear, so I quit temporarily to defend my land and country, to protect my friends from the fear that I