Baku. Zumrud Pashayeva – APA. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) organization is recruiting children, including those as young as 14 years of age, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in his annual report on children in armed conflict, APA reports quoting ITAR-TASS.
Children recruited by the ISIS undergo military training. “Children fighting with ISIS are reportedly paid like adults (approximately $200) and undergo both weapons and jihadist indoctrination training,” the report said.
The UN noted that apart from the ISIS, other groups are also actively recruiting children in Syria. These armed groups include units affiliated with the Free Syrian Army, the Kurdish People Protection Units, Ahrar al-Sham, Jhabat al-Nusra and others.
Syria remains one of the most dangerous places for children in the world. The report said that more than 10,000 children have been killed since the outset of the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic. Children were often kidnapped for ransom and subjected to abuse, including sexual assaults, by both government forces and armed groups.
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