Inside The Female Jihadist Training Group: Female fanatics Chant As They Are Trained To Use Assault Rifles (Photos)

 A chilling new jihadi video has emerged on social media, showing a new militia of female jihadis firing machine guns and practising drills in Syria.

All of the women are fully veiled, making it hard to identify individuals but it is possible the group may be linked to Islamic State.

Standing on their parade ground, the radical women are shown shouting jihad slogans and declaring their love for Islam.



Charlie Winter, a researcher at counter-terrorism think-tank the Quilliam Foundation, identified the location of the video, believed to have been filmed at the St Simeon's Church, around 60 km from the Syrian city of Aleppo.

The  video opens with the band of female jihadi marching along a sloped road in the Syrian countryside.

Many of the women can be seen menacingly waving their machine guns in the air whilst a few of the women simply point their fingers towards the sky.
A couple of the women can be seen carrying their hand bags on their shoulder as they carefully navigate the uneven road.

Many of the women seem surprised by the powerful recoil of the rifle, taking just a couple of shots before returning to the group.

With the magazine of the machine gun incorrectly resting unevenly on a pile of old sandbags, the female jihadi fires off five rounds before being ushered away to allow another woman to practice.

 Most of the women appear to be wearing white sports shoes or unflattering sandals and shoes.
The training group are filmed from different angles, including close up shots of the female fighters.
Formed up in an informal parade square, the group stand to attention, lazily holding their guns down by their side.
One of the women, who seems to be the enthusiastic leader of the group stands at the front, leading the loud call and response chants in Arabic.
They boisterously shot religious slogans, praising the Islamic State and re-iterating their devotion to jihad.

 The once popular pilgrim site of the Church of St Simeon can be seen clearly in the background, its hallowed land now being used as the parade ground of Islamic State.
Whilst one of the female jihadis gives a hate filled interview to the camera, the remainder of the disorderly band of fighters can be seen chatting in the background.
After more chanting and the leader shakily firing off a few out of control rounds of her machine gun, individual jihadis are given a chance to show off their amateur shooting skills.
Many of the women seem surprised by the powerful recoil of the rifle, taking just a couple of shots before returning to the group.

 Standing awkwardly in a group, many of the women have carelessly placed the rifle butt on the ground whilst others appear to be leaning on their weapons.
Some of the fighters appear disinterested in the parading, seemingly showing more interest in gazing at the beautiful Syrian countryside.
According to the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) at King’s College London, a group of at least 30 female British female nationals have been identified as being based in northern Syria.
Most the British female jihadis live in the Syrian town of Manbij in Aleppo province or the IS de-facto capital city of Raqqa.

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