Petroleum-rich Kirkuk, the planned KRG capital formally still under Baghdad authority, was captured in 2014 by the PeshMerga who filled the vacuum left by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) who fled from the ISIS invasion which led to the
loaa of several Iraqi cities, including Mosul.
"Everyone looks out for each other," says
Loaa Zaaroui, 20, one of four girls that train regularly with the group, "this is the best team I've ever joined ...