Portraits of Brave People Defending Families, Homes from ISIS

Yezidi girl carries an assault rifle to protect her family against ISIS pic.twitter.com/fKdSG7UZnY

— Chady Abou Jaoude (@ChadyAJ) August 19, 2014

Fearless 85 year old Assyrian (Christian) says he will not leave his home for ISIS. #Iraq via @baghdadinvest pic.twitter.com/CO8u68NJqJ — Hamo (@KekHamo) August 18, 2014

Kurdish YPG in Rojava, Syria, train Yazidi women to fight ISIS in Greater Arabia. pic.twitter.com/2J7GRGxPdA — Vijay Prashad (@vijayprashad) August 17, 2014

Yazidi men flock to join military training camps http://t.co/pirH82JCtP http://t.co/9Oj0PoiaCP pic.twitter.com/4K8FhCn4Cm

— kate preti (@TrmAnh19) August 19, 2014

@sheeraf @JoeWSJ Our #Assyrian girls are armed & ready to defend their village against #ISIS too #DemandForAction pic.twitter.com/5WuK7Kwjtw

— Assyrian Lindosh (@Lindosh78) August 18, 2014

[PHOTOS] @andrewquilty‘s portraits of a ragtag Kurdish militia heading home to fight ISIS: http://t.co/uXoVGvNxVa pic.twitter.com/MYi0hwK1oG

— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) August 19, 2014

Kurdish women are now on the front lines in Syria, taking the fight to ISIS: http://t.co/MYU04jO4JY pic.twitter.com/t2yJcKSewb

— WARRIOR (@Warrior_mag) August 18, 2014