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The mother of a Yazidi fighter from YBS (2nd R), who was killed during fighting with Islamic State militants, mourns with relatives over the body of her son during a funeral ceremony at a cemetery in Sinjar, March 12, 2015. YBS are a Yazidi militant group, who are fighting against Islamic State. Women fighters at a PKK base on Mount Sinjar in northwest Iraq, just like their male counterparts, have to be ready for action at any time. Smoke from the front line, marking their battle against Islamic State, which launched an assault on northern Iraq last summer, is visible from the base. Many of the women have cut links with their families back home; the fighters come from all corners of the Kurdish region. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

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