The Revolutionary Youth kidnaps a minor from the city of Qamishlo

ARK News… Militants of the Revolutionary Youth Movement affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces, “SDF,” kidnapped a minor from the city of Qamishlo in Syrian Kurdistan and took her to compulsory conscription camps.

The family of the kidnapped minor said that on October 7, 2023, the militants of the Revolutionary Youth kidnapped our only daughter, “Shilan Khalil,” who is 14 years old, and took her to conscription camps.

The minor's parents confirmed that they asked the PYD administration to return their only minor daughter, but their request did not receive any deaf ears or attention from the officials of the aforementioned administration.

On October 17, 2023, the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) of the Syrian Democratic Forces kidnapped the two minors, Mirav Adnan Khasho, 15 years old, and Simel Zidan Ismail, 14 years old, from the city of Qamishlo in Syrian Kurdistan, and their fate remains unknown at this moment.

Although the Syrian Democratic Forces signed an action plan with the United Nations to end and prevent the recruitment of children under the age of 18 and their use in military operations, “the plan was signed by the Commander-in-Chief of the SDF, Mazloum Kobani, with the United Nations representative for children and armed conflict, Virginia Gamba,” the forcing of minors into the battles and their recruitment are still continuing, amid neglect of the appeals of the children’s families and the calls of Kurdish activists, politicians and parties for the necessity of putting an end to this dangerous phenomenon that has caused, in one way or another, the region to be emptied of the Kurds.

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