Kurdish female militia vows to keep fighting IS militants

This frame grab from a video released Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 provided by Ronahi TV, a Kurdish TV channel media outlet that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows members of a Kurdish female militia, the Women’s Protection Units, under a portrait of their jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, as they celebrate victory against the Islamic State group, in Raqqa, Syria. The militia that took part in freeing the northern Syrian city of Raqqa from the Islamic State group said it will continue the fight to liberate women living under the extremist group’s brutal rule. (Ronahi TV, via AP)

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