YPG/PKK terrorist group kidnaps minor boy in Syria

By Esref Musa and Mehmet Burak Kocaoglu

TEL ABYAD, Syria (AA) - The YPG/PKK terrorist group on Wednesday kidnapped a 16-year-old boy from Syria’s Hasakah province to forcibly recruit him into its armed ranks.

Identified only by the initials A.F.H, the teenage boy from the Malikkiyah district was abducted by terrorists, Redor al-Ahmed, the spokesperson for the opposition Kurdish group, Independent Kurdish Rabita, told Anadolu.

Ahmed said that the terrorist organization prevents the kidnapped children from communicating with their families.

The PKK/YPG usually takes the kidnapped children and youths to terror camps for armed training.

Previously, PKK/YPG terrorists had kidnapped a girl on Jan. 28 and two boys on Feb. 11 from the Ayn al-Arab district of Aleppo, in order to forcibly include them in their armed ranks.

In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Türkiye, the PKK – listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the US, and EU – has been responsible for the deaths of more than 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants. The YPG is PKK’s Syrian offshoot.

*Writing by Esra Tekin in Istanbul