A YPG militiaman tries to eat in his short rest during the night watch in the frontline in the outsides of Hasaka, Syria. 14 August 2015 (David González)

A Kurd soldier inspect a abandoned house in the night patrol among the frontline. Outskirts of Hasaka, Syria. 14 August 2015 (David González)

A YPG militiaman keeps his position on the frontline. Combatant groups allocate night watch shifts to safeguard the perimeter. They communicate with each other via walkie-talkie. Outskirts of Hasaka, Syria. 14 August 2015 (David González)

YPG soldiers sleeps on the rooftop of a building squattered by the YPG forces in Hasaka, Syria. Bachar Al-Assad’s forces have bombarded the neighbourhood days ago. 18 August 2015 (David González)

A militiaman addresses to fellow battalion combatants and those in charge of the unit. The meeting takes place in one of the defense barracks. The squad meets every morning to put forward their views on the operations carried out. The floor is open to all members. Outskirts of Hasaka, Syria. 15 August 2015 (David González)

Portrait of a Hafez Al Assad, Bachar Al Assad father, destroyed in a wall with an Arabic inscription that says: “always loyal to Bachar Al Assad”. Outskirts of Hasaka, Syria. 14 August 2015 (David González)

A group of YPG Kurds has a meal at the barracks set up on the frontline. Outskirts of Hasaka, Syria. 14 August 2015 (David González)

YPG military commandant Rohat gives a speech to young new members of the militia during his instruction in the uses of heavy fire car weapons. Outskirts of Hasaka, Syria. 15 August 2015 (David González)

A young militiaman mends his military jacket while fellow militiamen sleep after eating in a surveillance booth built by the YPG within the defense barracks in the frontline. Outskirts of Hasaka, Syria. 17 August 2015 (David González)

Two-militamen play football in their spare time. After breakfast, an assembly is held. This is followed by maintenance and construction chores at the defense barracks, after which soldiers play sports or have some rest. Outskirts of Hasaka, Syria. 15 August 2015 (David González)

Zana Handok, a member of the Kurdish militia YPG, checks his Kalashnikov rifle with fellow militiamen at the forward defense post on the outskirts of Hasaka, Syria. 14 August 2015 (David González)

A militiaman looks out at the horizon from the rooftop of a building squattered by the YPG Kurdish forces in Hasaka, Syria. Islamic State IS forces (DAESH from its initials in Arabic) are just 3.5 km away. 17 August 2015 (David González)