Al-Khansaa Brigade

Al-Khansaa Brigade
لواء الخنساء
LeadersFatiha el-Mejjati[1][2]
Dates of operationFebruary 2014[3]– present[4]
Active regionsIslamic State
Size60[3] (2014)
Part of Islamic State

The Al-Khansaa Brigade (Arabic: لواء الخنساء) was an all-women police or religious enforcement unit of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), operating in its de facto capital of Raqqa and Mosul.[5]

  1. ^ Mekhennet, Souad; Warrick, Joby (26 November 2017). "The jihadist plan to use women to launch the next incarnation of ISIS". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ "Donald Trump claims Baghdadi's alternative as chief of ISIS has been killed by US troops | Digital Industry Wire". 29 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  3. ^ a b McKay, Hollie (20 October 2015). "Brutal female police enforce ISIS sharia vision on women of caliphate". Fox News.
  4. ^ Saleh, John. "The Women of ISIS and the Al-Hol Camp". The Washington Institute. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  5. ^ "How the Islamic State uses women to control women". Syria Direct. 25 March 2015.

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