US-backed YPG terror group and its affiliates recruited 221 child soldiers, killed and jailed dozens of others and used schools, hospitals for military purposes in northern Syria last year, a UN report shows
The terror group recruited 221 child soldiers and seized 12 schools and hospitals for military use according to the UN report.
The report covers the period from January to December 2021 and lists parties that engage in the recruitment and use of children, the killing and maiming of children and sexual violence against children, among other things. "At the end of 2021, over 800 children, including foreigners, reportedly remained in detention for alleged association with Daesh in the north-eastern Syrian Arab Republic," said the report, referring to YPG/PKK-run prisons.
The group also seized 12 schools and hospitals for military use. It also denied humanitarian access for children.
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