YPG/PKK terrorists kidnap teen from Syria’s Raqqa to join ranks

TAL ABYAD, Syria (AA) – YPG/PKK terrorist group has kidnapped a teenager from Raqqa province in northern Syria and added him to its ranks, according to a local spokesman on Tuesday.

Speaking to Anadolu, Redor al-Ahmed, a spokesman for the Kurdish Independent Association, said a 16-year-old boy was abducted in Raqqa, which is occupied by the terrorist group.

Ahmed added that the terrorist organization does not allow the abducted children to communicate with their families.

YPG/PKK terrorists usually take the youth and children they kidnap or detain to their camps for armed training.

Last month, a 13-yeaer-old boy was kidnapped by YPG/PKK terrorists from the Manbij district in Aleppo province.

According to UN figures, the terrorist group kidnapped 221 children in 2021 and added them to its ranks.

*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat