Women fighters on Syria's front line
A group of Syrian rebel fighters stand holding their weapons as they receive military training.
The scene might seem typical of the bloody conflict that has raged in Syria for almost two years, but these are no ordinary fighters. They are female combatants being trained as members of the rebel Sawt al-Haq battalion to fight on the front line.
A group of women stand with their weapons as they receive training with the Sawt al-Haq rebel battalion.
A woman holds up her gun as she is trained.
Female fighters sit in a living room in their combat gear.
A woman hands a gun to one of her fellow combatants.
Um Jaafar and her husband Abu ready their weapons before heading to the front line.
Um squats down as she takes part in the fighting.
Guevara, who fights for a different rebel battalion, stands with her gun propped on her shoulder.
She lifts her weapon as she walks through a bombed-out street.
Clad in a grey hijab, a military jacket and a pair of heeled boots, Guevara points upwards as she stands among debris in the road.
Gripping her gun, she talks to other fighters.
