The female fighters who are killing ISIS
When talking about women on the frontlines there are always a lot of misconceptions. In the past year women fighters in Syria and Iraq have been praised by the Western media, but the reality is that the Kurds are not a monolithic people and they are divided in many different groups. Amongst those, women have different roles and they are not all in combat. I have tried to explain the differences in an article for War is Boring.
A couple of weeks ago Reuters opinion editor, Jason Fields, and War is Boring editor, Matthew Gault, called me on their podcast War College, to discuss the issue.
What kind of lives they have? What are they fighting for? Those are amongst the questions they posed me. So if you have similar queries you should definitely listen to this!
