YPJ soldier Shavin Bachouk, sleeps early in the morning at an abandoned Iraqi Army Post on the outskirts of Raabia, Syria, August 9, 2014. On the desolate Syrian-Kurdistan border live many YPG / YPJ soldiers, who are staked out at makeshift posts to fend of IS attacks and protect the border. (Photo by Erin Trieb/NBC News)
