Syrian Democratic Forces kidnapped a child while her mother was away from home

ARK News.. Continuing the policy of intimidating children, robbing them of their childhood, and throwing them into forced conscription camps in the areas they control, the Syrian Democratic Forces kidnapped a Kurdish minor from the al-Shahba area.

Local sources reported that on July 7, 2024, militants of the Revolutionary Youth Movement affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces kidnapped the minor, Laila Hannan Mosho, 15 years old, in the village of al-Ahdath “al-Shahba” in the Aleppo countryside, and took her to compulsory conscription camps.

Local sources explained that the kidnapped girl's father had a heart condition, and she was supporting her family. She was kidnapped while her mother was away from home.

The child, Laila Hannan Mosho, comes from the village of Qurtqulq in the Shara town of Afrin, and she was displaced to the al-Shahba area.

Antonio Gutierrez, Secretary-General of the United Nations, said during a report entitled “Children and Armed Conflict” issued on June 3, 2024 that the Syrian Democratic Forces and parties affiliated with it recruited (462) children in the areas they control during the year 2023.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Gutierrez, expressed his concern about the worsening recruitment and use of children at the hands of the Syrian Democratic Forces, and called for the implementation of the action plan signed by Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, with the United Nations representative for children and armed conflict, Virginia Gamba, in 2019 in order to Ending and preventing the recruitment of children under the age of 18 and not using them in military operations.

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