PKK/YPG terrorist organization kidnapped 3 children

Redor al-Ahmed, a spokesman for the Kurdish opposition group “Independent Kurdish Rabita”, said the terrorist organization kidnapped 14-year-old MAH and AF from Manbij district.

Ahmet shared the information that the terrorists kidnapped 15-year-old ZS from Sheikh Maksud on July 7 and added him to their armed squad.

The spokesman noted that the terrorist organization prevented the kidnapped children from communicating with their families.

The PKK/YPG takes the youths and children they kidnapped or detained to armed training camps.

PKK/YPG terrorists abducted 6 children from Haseke city center, 7 children from Qamishli district, 4 children from Manbij and 1 child from Sheikh Maksud district in Aleppo in July.

LAST YEAR HE KIDNAPPED 1,200 CHILDREN

The UN, in its “Annual Children in Armed Conflict” report for the period January-December 2022, announced that the PKK terrorist organization and its Syrian extension SDG and YPG used more than 1,200 child 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.

In his assessment of the report, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres 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 words. (AA)