Turkey-backed Syrian rebel groups recruiting child fighters - report
Apr 06 2021 09:33 Gmt+3 Last Updated On: Apr 06 2021 09:46 Gmt+3 Turkish-backed Syrian rebel factions are recruiting child fighters and sending them to Libya and Azerbaijan to fight alongside forces allied with Turkey, pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency reported on Tuesday, citing a former mercenary. Ex-Syrian mercenary, who goes by the name Fajr Maaliki, told the agency that he was 13-years-old when he first joined the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the Turkey-backed umbrella organisation of rebel groups now known as the Syrian National Army (SNA). “As Turkey started recruiting more men to fill...