The father of a child kidnapped by the SDF renewing his appeals: The most heinous crime against childhood, and we do not know whether he is alive or dead

ARK News… The father of a minor child kidnapped by the Syrian Democratic Forces in Kobani city, Syrian Kurdistan, renewed his appeal to reveal the fate of his son who was kidnapped two years ago.

Aziz Shaheen, the father of the minor child Redur Shaheen, said in a post on his official Facebook page: “Years have passed since my son’s kidnapping without knowing whether he is alive or dead.” Adding, "The most heinous crime against childhood is shame and disgrace to his kidnappers and the kidnappers of all children."

He said in a second post, directing his appeal to the “honorable people,” saying, “For anyone who has any information about my minor son, Redur Shaheen, who was forcibly disappeared by the SDF, contact me on the number 0935688626.”

The child's father was a guest in the ARK Newsletter on February 3, 2022. He spoke about the details, stressing that a PKK leader had kidnapped him under the pretext of training courses, but lured him for forced conscription. He appealed to all humanitarian organizations concerned with children's affairs to intervene and reveal his fate.

In Aleppo, the SDF-affiliated Revolutionary Youth kidnapped the child Issam Issa, from the village of Qitme in the Shara district of Afrin, on November 23, 2021, then released him on December 1 of the same year, only to kidnap him again later.

The child’s family said in special statements to ARK on November 24, 2023: Their child, Issam, was kidnapped for the second time a year and seven months ago, and they know nothing about him, his fate, and where he was recruited.

The child’s uncle, Omar Mustafa Hassan (13 years old), also reported to ARK, on October 21, 2023, that the “Revolutionary Youth Movement” affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) attacked in front of his house in the western Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in the city of Aleppo, on the 20th of the month.

He added, "His father checked with all the headquarters of the PYD party that controls the neighborhood to find out the fate of his son, but they did not acknowledge that they had the child."

The child comes from the village of Ramadana, located in the city of Jenderes, Afrin, in Syrian Kurdistan.

On November 16, 2023, Revolutionary Youth gunmen kidnapped the student, Aster Ahmed (14 years old), in front of the Salah al-Din Girls School in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood.

On the 8th of this November, Revolutionary Youth militants kidnapped the minor, “Sabriya Shiyar Misto, 13 years old,” from the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in the city of Aleppo, and after media pressure, the Syrian Democratic Forces released her on the 11th of November.

ARK documented the kidnapping of eight minor children, by armed groups affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces, in the cities of Qamishlo and Aleppo, the youngest of whom is a twelve-year-old child, from the beginning of October until now.

Among the victims of forced conscription were four Kurdish minors, an Arab minor, and the kidnapped persons were no more than fifteen years old.

The first victim, the child Saleen Iyad Mahmoud, 14 years old, was kidnapped on October 7 by the “Revolutionary Youth” near the municipal stadium in the city of Qamishlo. She is the only daughter of her family.

Solin Ibrahim, 15 years old, was kidnapped in mid-October by the “Revolutionary Youth” in the city of Qamishlo.

On October 17, two minors, Merav Adnan Khasho, 15 years old, and Semil Zidan Ismail, 14 years old, were kidnapped in the city of Qamishlo by the Women’s Protection Units (YPG).

On October 20, 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.

On November 8, Sabriya Shiyar Misto, 13 years old, was kidnapped from the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo, and was returned on the 11th of this month.

On November 16, 2023, the student Esther, born in 2009, was kidnapped from the Rajo district of Afrin, in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood.

On November 21, the Revolutionary Youth Movement kidnapped the child Omar Mustafa Hassan (13 years old) from the village of Ramadana in the city of Jenderes in the Afrin countryside, in front of his house in the western Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in the city of Aleppo.

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, as 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 involvement of minors in battles 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 necessity of putting an end to this dangerous phenomenon that has, in one way or another, caused the region to be emptied of the Kurds.

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