Kurdish women lead fight against ISIL

Story of a fighter who joined frontline with her husband to stop offensive in Syrian battleground of Kobane.

Kurdish women are leading the campaign in the Syrian battleground of Kobane against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Aisha Effendi has joined the frontline along with her husband to stop ISIL’s months-long offensive on the town.

Al Jazeera’s Jamal Elshayyal reports from the Turkey-Syria border.

Source: Al Jazeera