US State Department report: YPG/PKK continues to kidnap children

The US State Department has launched the Human Trafficking Report, which it submitted to Congress underneath the Human Trafficking Victims Safety Act.

Whereas 36 nations had been monitored within the report; It was noticed that Libya, Yemen and Somalia remained on the “Particular State of affairs Record”.

Documented children who had been forcibly recruited within the USA

Within the International Affairs report, it was documented as soon as once more that the YPG/PKK terrorist group forcibly detained children in Iraq and Syria and offered them with armed coaching to use them in conflicts.

Emphasizing that as well as to DAESH and Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq, the PKK forcibly recruited Iraqi children to its armed forces, the report said that Iraqi children are weak to these teams.

“Dozens of children continued to be recruited into the armed squad”

In accordance to the information of AA; Within the report, “Many sources report that the PKK and YPG working within the Iraqi Kurdish area and Sinjar proceed to recruit children and use them. Some sources reported that in 2021, the PKK recruited dozens of children, together with children from the Iraqi metropolis of Kirkuk, to put together them for the battle.” findings had been included.

The report additionally included data that in 2021, organizations equivalent to YPS, the extensions of the PKK in Sinjar, forcibly recruited underage children and youth within the area and used them in armed actions.

US authorities stories youngster abductions since 2018

Whereas it was identified that nearly yearly since 2018, the US administration’s human trafficking stories embody the forcibly recruiting and abusing children by these teams. “In 2018, non-governmental organizations reported that the PKK recruited and educated children from Sinjar, Mahmur and different areas, after which despatched them to bases in Sinjar, Turkey, and the Qandil Mountains between Iraq and Iran.” statements had been included.

Even children underneath the age of 12 had been recruited

Within the Syria part of the report, it was reported that the YPG/PKK continues to recruit children underneath the age of 12 and prepare them.

Within the report, “Since 2017, worldwide observers have reported that the YPG and YPJ often forcibly accumulate children from refugee camps in northeast Syria.” it was mentioned.

Children by the hands of human traffickers are getting used

The report additionally states that Iranian-backed teams accumulate children from nations within the area, particularly Iraq and Afghanistan, who fell into the arms of human smugglers and use them in conflicts in Syria.

The United Nations’ (UN) children utilized in wars “Youngster Warriors” Within the report, it was emphasised that the terrorist group continued to recruit children by pressure.