A recent US State Department report has revealed that various armed groups in Syria, including US-backed Kurdish groups, have continued to recruit and use child soldiers. The report highlights that the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), Women's Protection Units, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and the Democratic Union Party-affiliated Revolutionary Youth Movement have been involved in these activities in 2022-2023. Observers noted that children received military training on Mount Qandil in Iraq. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) reported that no fewer than 157,287 people, including 5,264 children and 10,221 women, have been imprisoned or forcibly disappeared in Syria since March 2011. The recruitment or use of children in combat and support roles in Syria has remained common since 2018.
"The Democratic Union Party-affiliated Revolutionary Youth Movement, the Kurdish People's Protection Units, Women's Protection Units, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)… recruit and/or use boys and girls as child soldiers," says State Department Report https://t.co/7RsWec2vvr
"The recruitment or use of children in combat and support roles in Syria remains common, and since the beginning of 2018 international observers reported continued incidents of recruitment and use by armed groups" https://t.co/kGLn41ybNy
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are among a long list of armed groups in Syria recruiting and using child soldiers, according to a new State Department report https://t.co/jOIQkxYBRR
US-backed Kurdish groups in Syria continue to recruit child soldiers, report says https://t.co/jOIQkxYBRR
In Syria, "no fewer than 157,287 of the people arrested between March 2011 and June 2024, including 5,264 children and 10,221 women, are still imprisoned and/or forcibly disappeared" -- @SNHR. https://t.co/CybalQ81Vh
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US State Department Report: YPG/PKK armed groups armed and used children in 2022-2023, and the Revolutionary Youth (Ciwanên Şoreşger) continued to arm children. Observers say the children received military training on Mount Qandil in Iraq. via @_DlovanAli https://t.co/H0ZubLLg30