Aleppo - The women living in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo have begun to receive firearms training at the Star Academy in order to protect their children and families against possible attacks on their neighborhood. They have been learning how to disassemble and reassemble the firearms and how to shoot the weapons.

One of the women attending the training, Rengîn said, “We learn how to use weapons in order to protect our children, people and neighborhood. As the Kurdish women, we must learn how to use weapons since we are attacked every day.”