'Angelina Jolie of Kurdistan' dies battling ISIS
A 22-year-old Kurdish fighter dubbed 'Angelina Jolie of Kurdistan' was reportedly killed while fighting the Islamic State in Syria. The woman, Asia Ramazan Antar, was only 18 when she joined the Kurdish military organisation Yekineyen Parastina Jin (YPJ). Notably, YPJ is an all-girls division with reportedly over 7,000 female volunteer soldiers between the ages of 18 and 40.