There are many female volunteers in Syria’s “National Defence Force” – one of them is Roaeda .. a university teacher who is now holding a sniper rifle instead of teaching students.
The female Syrian lecturer trading books for guns
Roaeda is the only sniper among the female volunteers in the NDF. She’s also the only teacher who’s chosen to go to onto the battle field.
>>> She says: “All the trainers said I should become a sniper as I can shoot with high accuracy. I was very glad knowing that I can become a sniper, and trained very hard and joined the lessons for snipers in order to be more skilled.”
The NDF was founded by the Syrian government to alleviate the shortage of soldiers during the long-lasting war.
Roaeda gave up teaching a year ago and has since faced members of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front in East Salamiya and says she’s determined to carry on fighting until there’s peace in Syria.