ALEPPO: Asia Ramzan Antar, a woman fighter who was dubbed the ‘Kurdish Angelina Jolie’ for her resemblance to the Hollywood superstar, has died fighting ISIS. She was 22.
Antar, born in 1996, was only 18 when she joined the Kurdish military organization, Yekineyen Parastina Jin (YPJ), or the Women’s Protection Unit, a Kurdish group battling ISIS near Syria’s border with Turkey.
A message on the ‘We want Freedom for Kurdistan’ Facebook page claimed she was killed during a clash between the terror group Islamic State and the Turkish-backed Syrian opposition. However, the news of her death has not been officially confirmed.
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She is said to have been involved in a number of key battles with ISIS in northern Syria before she was killed.
Asia, who is also being referred to as Viyan Qamislo in multiple posts, was dubbed the ‘Angelina Jolie of Kurdistan’ for her stark resemblance to the Hollywood superstar.
The YPJ was set up in 2012 as the all-girls division of the Kurdish militia, People’s Protection Units (i.e. Yekineyen Parastina Gel, or YPG). As of 2014, the YPJ had over 7,000 female volunteer soldiers between the ages of 18 and 40.
