US Central Command on Tuesday tweeted out photos of Syrian women fighters who have joined the campaign against ISIS in the country.
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US Central Command shares photos of Kurdish women fighting ISIS in response to 'popular demand'
Women fighters have taken up arms against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, some of them joining groups allied with the US.
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While Central Command did not elaborate on which faction the women pictured belonged to in the tweets or in its email to Business Insider, one of the most prominent groups of women fighters in Syria are Kurdish rebels (though there are Kurdish women fighters in Iraq, as well).
The Kurdish militia known as the People's Protection Units, or YPG in its Kurmanji initials, has an all-women fighting unit called the Women's Protection Units, or YPJ.
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The YPG is loosely organized with an egalitarian leadership and embraces radical leftist politics. Members of the organization use a gender-neutral moniker for each other — hevale — elects leaders directly, and "
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