Military training offers Yazidi women chance to fight back
(The Christian Science Monitor) With the setting sun turning mountain slopes and dry fields into amber, a Yazidi girl struggled to launch a rocket propelled grenade.
Her superior and classmates egged her on, but the exercise was sapping the strength of Tolhenden, a stocky 15-year-old with a gold tooth.
“Steady, steady—fix your target,” her instructor said from a short but safe distance.
