YPG’s continued recruiting children in Syria as fighters

 I’ve read this intriguing news today about the United Nations stressed how YPG a PKK terrorist organization in Syria violates human rights and children's rights by it’s continuous recruitment of children to fight among its ranks, adding that the organization has enlisted at least 400 children in the past two years. In a report documenting violations toward children in Syria between July 2018 and June 2020, it was stated that the YPG continued to use children as fighters and store ammunition in schools. It pointed out the 236 attacks on schools and protected persons, of which 33 occurred in the second half of 2018, 154 in 2019 and 49 in the first half of 2020. During the incidents, members of staff were killed, maimed or arrested, and 133 children were killed or injured while at school. While more than 400 children were used as fighters during the period, the YPG also carried out at least 4,700 rights violations toward children, including abduction and rape. Within this period, more than 2,700 children lost their lives or became permanently disabled as a result of airstrikes, explosions or artillery bombardments. A total of 1,423 children, 117 of whom were girls, were used systematically by armed groups, while 1,388 children, 250 of whom were under the age of 15, were made to fight. The recruitment and use of large numbers of children was attributed to the YPG and its components, representing 35 per cent of all verified cases, the U.N. said. International law prohibits non-state armed groups from recruiting anyone under 18, and enlisting children under 15 is considered a war crime. The YPG’s use of child soldiers has been repeatedly documented and criticized by international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW).