#Child Soldiers
Despite Agreements Child Abductions and Conscription Persists in Syria
The UN reported a continued rise in grave violations against children in Syria during 2025, citing persistent risks linked to armed…
UN Urges Support for Child Protection in Syria
Vanessa Frazier, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, concluded a three-day visit to the…
German Report Reignites Scrutiny of Kurdish Child Recruitment
A recent German-language investigative report by the outlet CRISIS focuses attention on the persistent recruitment of children in Syria by…
Reports Reveal Systematic Child Recruitment by the SDF
While the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) raise slogans of democracy and protection of communities, practices on the ground reveal…
SNHR Calls for Justice Amid Rising Detentions and Unresolved War Crimes
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) documented the deaths of 174 civilians across Syria during April 2025, underscoring persistent…
Exploitation of Syrian Children Ongoing
Syrian children continue to be exploited by Iranian militias, criminal networks in Assad-controlled Latakia, and PKK-aligned elements…
Child Recruitment by Militias in Syria Persists
The ongoing conflict in Syria has taken another tragic turn as reports emerge of a renewed campaign by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard…
Parents Protest Child Abductions by US-backed SDF in Syria
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed Kurdish-led armed group with ties to the PKK, controlling much of northeast Syria, are…
Hezbollah and Iranian Elements Recruiting Minors in Syria’s Deir Ezzor
Recent reports from local sources in Deir Ezzor have raised concerns over child recruitment in the city of Al-Mayadeen, east of Deir Ezzor,…
SNHR Report Documents Ongoing Crimes Against Syrian Children
According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) 12th annual report, no fewer than 30,127 children have been killed in Syria since…
UN Report: Increase in Recruitment of Children in Syrian Conflict
A recent Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict, released by the UN, reveals a concerning rise in the number of minors joining armed…
Why the PKK has a ‘Privileged’ Terror Status
L24 set out to look at the nature of the FTO designation and why some groups are considered “terrorists” while others are not.