Parents of two kidnapped minors to PYD: “Return our children and respect your laws”
ARK News… The parents of two minors kidnapped by the Syrian Democratic Forces, on November 13, 2023, confirmed that the responsible authorities in the PYD administration did not pay attention to their appeals and attempts to return them, and their fate remains unknown until now.
Militants from the Women's Protection Units - one of the arms of the Syrian Democratic Forces - kidnapped the two minor girls, Mirav Adnan Khasho, 15 years old and Semil Zidan Ismail, 14 years old, in the city of Qamishlo on October 17, 2023.
Noraddin Khasho, Mirav and Simel’s uncle, confirmed in a post on Facebook that “the kidnapping of our minor children continues, and so far, no one has responded, neither PYD nor QSD.”
In his post, Khasho called on the responsible authorities to return them and respect the laws regarding child recruitment. “Return our children and respect your laws.”
Khasho said in a special video statement to ARK, “Mirav and Semil were kidnapped while leaving their grandmother’s house. It later became clear that the Women’s Protection Units were the kidnappers, after we received a call from them.”
He confirmed, "We checked with all the relevant institutions, but we did not receive any information about their fate. After persistent attempts, her parents were able to meet with them, but unfortunately their actions indicate that they were forced to take narcotic medications."
He continued by saying, "They brainwashed them, disowned their parents, did not recognize them, and behaved with their parents in an inappropriate manner, contrary to what was mentioned above."
He added, "The Women's Protection Units are part of the Syrian Democratic Forces, and legally it is not permissible to recruit children and minors. Any law allows this blatant violation. We did not defame any entity or party. We hoped well to return them, but it seems that they do not respect the laws. They neither acknowledge nor "They implement and violate it at the same time."
The Women's Protection Units (YPJ) is part of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which signed an action plan with the United Nations to end and prevent the recruitment of children under the age of 18.
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 2019, but the involvement of minors in battles and their recruitment is still continuing, amid neglect of the appeals of the children’s families and the calls of Kurdish activists, politicians, and parties for the need to put an end to this dangerous phenomenon.
On previous dates, the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) of the Syrian Democratic Forces kidnapped Sulin Ibrahim, 15 years old, from the city of Qamishlo on October 26, and on October 7, 2023, the Revolutionary Youth kidnapped the only daughter of her family, Salin Iyad Mahmoud, 14 years old, near From the municipal stadium in the city of Qamishlo. On the 20th of the month, the child Ezaddin Bakri Na'asan, 12 years old, was kidnapped by the “Revolutionary Youth” in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in the city of Aleppo while he was returning home from work.
The Revolutionary Youth Movement, affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), kidnapped the minor girl, Sabriya Shayar Misto, who is in the seventh grade of middle school, on the eighth of this month in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, which is under the control of PYD militants, while she was finishing her school hours and leaving school.
Days after her kidnapping, the Syrian Democratic Forces released her on November 11, 2023. This came after media pressure. ARK was the first site to publish the news of her kidnapping.
Sabriya Shiyar Misto, 13 years old, comes from the village of Omer Simo in the Shara district of Afrin in Syrian Kurdistan. She lives with her family in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in the city of Aleppo.
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