HASAKA, SYRIA - A female YPG soldier walks through an abandoned school in the former ISIS and Jabat al Nusra stronghold of Tel Bark, which was taken over by YPG fighters less than a year before, about ten miles from the frontline in Hasaka, in Rojava, Northern Syria, July 11, 2015. As the brutal civil war continues to rage across Syria, both male and female YPG fighters are battling ISIS across Rojava. Kurdish leaders with the YPG and YPJ, functioning under the umbrella organization called TEVDAM, have carved out pockets of stability within Northern Syria, but are fighting ISIS and occasionally regime forces on fronts across their territory. They are working to create a utopian enclave, defended by the YPG and YPJ, and welcoming of all religions. (Photo by Lynsey Addario/Getty Images Reportage)
