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Shirin, 25, a member of the Kurdish female Women' s Protection Units (YPJ) views the battlefield with binoculars from atop a house 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 The YPJ are female brigades fighting alongside male fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the militia alliance supported by the United States in the offensive launched on November 5 to capture Raqa from IS jihadists. (Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP Photo)
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