The Revolutionary Youth kidnapped dozens of children in the areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces

Yekiti Media

During the month of November 2021, the Revolutionary Youth Organization of the Democratic Union Party kidnapped dozens of children in the areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces for the purpose of military recruitment, Yekiti Media managed to document the identities of many of the kidnapped.

1- On November 16, the organization kidnapped the child Muhammad Abdo Bozo, from the al-Shahba camps, and he is from the village of Kafr Dallah in Afrin.

2- On November 16, the organization kidnapped the child Abdul Rahman Ahmed Brro from ALashrafeh neighborhood in Aleppo city, and he is from the village of Rotanli in Afrin.

3- On November 6, the organization kidnapped the 14-year-old girl, Sidra Khalil Ibrahim, from Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo city, and she is from the village of Aboudan in Afrin.

4- The organization kidnapped the 14-year-old girl, Avin Jalal Ibrahim, on November 21, from the city of Amuda.

5- On November 2. the organization kidnapped the child Abeer Castro Abdelaziz, 15 years old, from the city of Qamishlo, and she is from the village of Biliseh in Derik.

6- On November 21, the organization kidnapped the child Ayana Idris Ibrahim, 15 years old, from Amuda city

7- On November 21. the organization kidnapped the child Hadiya Ibrahim Antar, 15 years old,  from Qamishlo city.

8- On November 25, the organization kidnapped the child  Issam Muhammad Issa, 12 years old, from Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo city. He is a resident of Qatma village in Afrin.

9- On November 22, the organization kidnapped the child Khattab Obaid Hassan, 15 years old, from Al-Hilaliya neighborhood in Qamishlo city.

10- On November 28, the organization kidnapped the child Hamid Ahmed Nafez, 13 years old, from Kabka village in Amuda.

11- on November 28. the organization kidnapped the child Muhammad Faeq Hanan from Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo city.

12- on November 16. the organization kidnapped the child Mariam Farid, 12 years old, a displaced person from Afrin, and she lives in the city of Kobani.

13- on November 26, the organization kidnapped the child Dlava Abdo Hassan, 13 years old,  from the village of Shiran in Kobani

14- on November 22, the organization kidnapped the child  Ahmed Sheikh Zidan Mustafa, 14 years old, from the village of Zugr in Kobani

The commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, had signed, in 2019, with the United Nations representative on children and armed conflict, Virginia Gamba, a plan of commitment to end and prevent the recruitment of children under the age of 18 and not using them in military actions.

On November 27, 2021, the city of Amuda witnessed a demonstration by the families of the kidnapped children, and the city of Qamishlo witnessed a similar demonstration on November 28, 2021 in front of the United Nations office in the tourist district against kidnapping their children.

The PYD had previously announced the opening of the Child Protection Office, to return the abducted minors, and according to the families of the abductees, this office did nothing about them.