A Syrian mother of seven was so determined to help fight against Bashar Al Assad that she divorced her husband to lead a 40-strong women’s brigade. Khowleh, the name she adopted after the uprising began, started the brigade in February 2012 and the women fought on the frontlines with guns. But the 35-year-old has now been forced to abandon the Khowleh bint Al Azwar brigade and lives as a refugee in Irbid, Jordan, 20 kilometres from the Syrian border. Warrior queen: Khowleh was so determined to help in the uprising that she turned her back on her life and started the Khowleh bint Al Azwar brigade, pictured
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Khowleh is a mother of seven and left her husband to take part in uprising
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Started her brigade  in February 2012 and helped fight on frontline
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Fled Syria and now lives in a refugee camp in Jordan with her children
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