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Kurdish women fighting ISIL on the frontline

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Video. Kurdish women fighting ISIL on the frontline

Updated: 27/07/2015 - 17:31 GMT+2

On the frontline between Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants, a group of young women have mobilised. They have left their homes and dreams

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