The PKK/YPG terrorist organization kidnapped 17 children in 2 days

According to the information obtained by the AA correspondent from local sources, the terrorist organization, which has increased the number of “checkpoints” on the main roads and especially in front of schools, has accelerated its actions of kidnapping children in the provinces. from Haseke and Aleppo.

The terrorists, who yesterday kidnapped 6 children after the high school final exam in Haseke city center, today took 7 children from the Kamışlı district and 4 children from the Manbiç district of Aleppo from their families. Thus, the PKK/YPG forcibly recruited 17 children in the last 2 days.

It is known that the detained youths were taken to so-called training camps in the village of Han el-Cebel in the Malikiyye (Derik) district of Haseke.

THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION HAS KIDNAPPED MORE THAN 1200 CHILDREN LAST YEAR

In the UN’s “Annual Children in Armed Conflict” report for the period January-December 2022, it was announced that the PKK terrorist organization and its Syrian extension SDG and YPG used more than 1,200 children as soldiers in 2022.

In the report, it was noted that 637 children from the PKK’s Syrian branch, the SDG, and 633 children from the PKK/YPG and SDG-affiliated organizations were recruited into its armed personnel.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, whose views are included in the report, said: “I am extremely concerned about the use of children as soldiers by the HPG/PKK. I urge you to stop using children as soldiers and for other purposes and to release all children in your ranks.” he had used the phrase. (AA)