The Christian women who have left behind their jobs, studies and children to take up the fight against ISIS!

Take note enemy-in-chief BHO! God bless these courageous women for standing up and fighting the enemy head on. Shame on all Syrian male refugees who leave their wives, children and their mothers behind and flee to Europe and beyond! 

The Christian women who have left behind their jobs, studies and children to take up Kalashnikovs in the fight against ISIS 

·       Women from the Syriac Christian community flock to join fight against ISIS

·       Many of the female fighters have left behind their families and jobs to fight 

·       The new all-female Christian militia is called the 'Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers'

Babylonia has no regrets about leaving behind her two children and her former job as a hairdresser to join a Christian female militia battling against the Islamic State group in Syria.

The 36-year-old soldier from the Syriac Christian minority in northeastern Syria believes she is making the future safe for her children after joining a new all-female Syriac militia.

'I miss Limar and Gabriella and worry that they must be hungry, thirsty and cold. But I try to tell them I'm fighting to protect their future,' she told AFP.

After leaving behind her studies, Christian Ormia is now a member of the battalion called the 'Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers'

Syriac Christian women, members of the battalion called the 'Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers' train at their camp in the town of al-Qahtaniyah

Babylonia belongs to a small, recently created battalion of Syriac Christian women in Hasakeh province who are fighting ISIS.

They are following in the footsteps of Syria's other main female force battling the jihadists -- the women of the YPJ, the female counterpart to the Kurdish People's Protection Units or YPG.

Although the new militia group is small, it is expected to grow in size. 

One of its training camps has already produced around 50 graduates in the town of Al-Qahtaniyeh, also known as Kabre Hyore in Syriac.

The militia is known as the 'Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers,' referring to the area between the Tigris and Euphrates waterways historically inhabited by Syriacs. 

Babylonia revealed it was actually her husband who encouraged her to leave their children Limar, nine, and six-year-old Gabriella, in order to join the unit whose first recruits graduated in August.

The recent recruits to the new group practice a variety of drills on a makeshift parade ground

Many of the Syriac Christian women have left behind their families and jobs to join the fight against ISIS in Syria

All of the fighters are members of the Syriac community in Syria, who follow Christianity

A small wooden crucifix hangs from the neck of one fighter as she practices in the training camp

Babylonia's husband is also a soldier and he urged her to take up arms to 'fight against the idea that the Syriac woman is good for nothing except housekeeping and make-up', she said. 

'I'm a practising Christian and thinking about my children makes me stronger and more determined in my fight against Daesh (ISIS),' added Babylonia.

Syriac Christians belong to the eastern Christian tradition and pray in Aramaic. They include both Orthodox and Catholic branches, and constitute around 15 percent of Syria's 1.2 million Christians.

Before the conflict began in March 2011, Christians from some 11 different sects made up around five percent of the population.

The unit's first major action was alongside the newly created Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition of Kurdish, Arab and Christian fighters, which recently recaptured the strategic town of Al-Hol.

'I took part in a battle for the first time in the Al-Hol area, but my team wasn't attacked by IS,' said 18-year-old Lucia, who gave up her studies to join the militia.

Her sister also joined up, against the wishes of their reluctant mother.

'I fight with a Kalashnikov, but I'm not ready to become an elite sniper yet,' the shy teenager said, a wooden crucifix around her neck and a camouflage bandana tied round her head.

Al-Hol, on a key route between territory IS controls in Syria and Iraq, was the first major victory for the SDF, which has captured around 200 villages in the region in recent weeks.

It has received air support from the US-led coalition fighting IS, as well as drops of American weapons.

Ormia, 18, found battle terrifying at first.

'I was afraid of the noise of cannons firing, but the fear quickly went away. I would love to be on the front line in the fight against the terrorists,' she said.

The battalion's fighters train in an old mill in a programme that includes military, fitness and academic elements.

Some of the new recruits practice with their new rifles at a camp in al-Qahtaniyah, Syria

The unit's first major action was alongside the newly created Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition of Kurdish, Arab and Christian fighters, which recently recaptured the strategic town of Al-Hol

Some of the fighter cooked up a tasty feast for the new battalion during a short lunch break

Syriac Christian Lucia, member of the battalion called the 'Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers' plays with puppies during training on December 1, 2015 at their camp in the town of al-Qahtaniyah

The 'Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers'' first major action was alongside the Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition of Kurdish, Arab and Christian fighters, which recently recaptured the strategic town of Al-Hol ©Delil Souleiman (AFP)

With its limited combat experience, the unit for now focuses mainly on protecting majority Christian parts of Hasakeh province.

Thabirta Samir, 24, who helps oversee the training, estimates that around 50 fighters have graduated so far.

'I used to work for a Syriac cultural association, but now I take pleasure in working in the military field,' she said.

'I'm not afraid of Daesh, and we will be present in the coming battles against the terrorists.'

Samir said both local and 'foreign forces' helped train the women, without specifying the nationality of the foreigners.

Some women cited what is known as the Sayfo ('Sword') massacres in 1915 of Syriac, Assyrian and Chaldean Christians as reasons for joining the unit

In late November, Kurdish sources said US soldiers had entered the town of Kobane in northern Syria to train Kurdish fighters and plan offensives

With its limited combat experience, the unit for now focuses mainly on protecting majority Christian parts of Hasakeh province

In late November, Kurdish sources said US soldiers had entered the town of Kobane in northern Syria to train Kurdish fighters and plan offensives.

Some women cited what is known as the Sayfo ('Sword') massacres in 1915 of Syriac, Assyrian and Chaldean Christians as reasons for joining the unit.

'We are a community that is oppressed by others,' said 18-year-old Ithraa. She joined four months ago inspired by the memory of Sayfo, in which Ottoman authorities are said to have killed tens of thousands of Christians in Turkey and Iran.

She said the community hoped to prevent 'a new massacre like that committed by the Ottomans... when they tried to erase our Christian and Syriac identity'.

Daily Mail