Shirin (L) and Kazîwar (R), members of the Kurdish female Women's Protection Units (YPJ) engage in conversation next to Kalashnikov assault rifles on a house rooftop in the Syrian village of Mazraat Khaled, some 40 kms away from the Islamic State group's (IS) de-facto capital of Raqa on November 9, 2016. (Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP Photo)
