Konflikten i Syrien

Kurdiska styrkor oavsett vart dom befinner sig så kan många tusen civila känna sig lyckliga att dom finns till.

Sedan 11 September till idag 6 oktober har kurdiska styrkor som leder SDF i Syrien befriat hela 20,000 människor utanför västra Kurdistan i Deir ez-Zor.

När regimen i Syrien misslyckats med att göra sitt jobb med att skydda befolkningen så tar den utsatta och diskriminerade gruppen kurder det ansvaret självmant istället och gör det jobbet.

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In Syria alone, the number of children recruited and used during the reporting period more than doubled compared to 2015, with 851 verified cases. In Somalia, this number reached 1,915 children recruited and used. Afghanistan recorded the highest number of verified child casualties since the UN started documentation of civilian casualties in 2009, with 3,512 children killed or maimed in 2016, an increase of 24% compare to the previous year.

UN report on child soldiers in Syria:

851 verified cases of recruitment of children. FSA groups responsible for 60% (507) of those cases.

98% of FSA child soldiers were used for military functions and saw frontline combat. No other group except ISIS uses children this way.

Most other child soldiers were assigned patrols or checkpoints. No YPG child soldier has been verified as being used for military functions.

Number of child soldiers involved in the conflict DOUBLED compared to 2015. FSA groups increased their use of children TENFOLD in 2016.

Of 83 verified child soldiers used by regime forces and pro-regime militias 30% (25) saw combat. The rest were assigned unarmed checkpoints.

20% of verified cases involved children under age of 15. At least 37 children killed and 17 injured because association with armed groups.

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and the Chairman of Iran’s Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security Alaa’eddine Boroujerdi discussed the recent independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan during a meeting in Damascus on Thursday.

During the meeting, the Syrian President rejected any attempt by the regime in Iraqi Kurdistan to “undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Iraq.”

Furthermore, both parties stressed that confronting the dangers facing the countries of the region, especially the threat of terrorism, requires the consolidation of the factors of unity and harmony among all the components of the region’s peoples, according to the Syrian agency.

President Assad affirmed the importance of strengthening political action in order to fortify the position of the axis fighting against terrorism in order to stand up against the other axis which seeks to spread chaos and terrorism in a bid to carry out its scheme.