A Syrian refugee woman gestures near her grandchildren in a refugee camp near Azaz, north of Aleppo province. —Photo by AP

A displaced Syrian woman washes some clothes in front of her tent in the Azaz camp for displaced people. —Photo by AP

A syrian refugee woman walks through the mud in a refugee camp near Azaz. —Photo by AP

A Syrian refugee woman is seen between a line of tents in a refugee camp near Azaz. —Photo by AP

Displaced women sit in the back of a pick-up truck as they flee from Aleppo. —Photo by Reuters

Um Jaafar, a woman fighter in the Free Syrian Army, takes aim with her weapon as she undergoes military training by her husband Abu Jaafar, a Sawt al-Haq (Voice of Rights) battalion commander, in Aleppo. —Photo by Reuters

Um Jaafar sits as she rests in front of other women undergoing military training. Um Jaafar was a women's hairdresser before the revolution. —Photo by Reuters

Women, who are part of the Sawt al-Haq (Voice of Rights), stand with their weapons. They are undergoing military training to form the Nazek Obeid group as part of the Sawt al-Haq battalion, which is based on the frontline of Aleppo's Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood. —Photo by Reuters