The Week in Pictures: March 21 - 27, 2015
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A female Syrian soldier from the Republican Guard commando battalion fires a rocket-propelled grenade during clashes with rebels in Damascus, March 25, 2015. The female battalion, which was created nearly a year ago, consists of 800 female soldiers who are positioned in the suburbs of the Syrian capital where they monitor and secure the frontlines with snipers, rockets and machine guns.