In northern Syria, Islamic state launched an offensive against the city of Ras al-Ain, close to the Turkish border. Facing them, the Kurdish fighters. The offensive of the Islamists is preventive: it is intended to curb the Kurds, who since the release of Kobané gaining ground and threatening Islamic state. Ras al-Ain had already been the scene of fierce fighting in 2013. The city, which had about 50,000 inhabitants before the war, has a checkpoint leading to Ceylanpinar in Turkey.
There are a few months, the Kurds began to organize military training. Young people between 18 and 30 were called to commit. After preparation of a month, the goal is not to go to the front, but to defend the cities.
"Initially it was a dream that the Kurds, like other nations, have their own army, said Qassem Omar. But regardless, Kurds, Arabs, Christians, we must defend and participate in this movement. It is a national duty, a moral duty to engage. "
Commit, women do too. There are thousands in this region of northern Syria, fiercely fighting Islamic state. For the young Amed, 18, is fighting the obvious: "We have seen that they reduce women into slavery. We are against that. It stands against the enslavement of women. "
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