Boy narrates how minors were taught guns and Quran by ISIS in Syria
3 years, 8 months ago

Boy narrates how minors were taught guns and Quran by ISIS in Syria

Op India  

There are tens of thousands of young children, as young as 10-11 years old, accused of carrying out terror activities on behalf of ISIS, now living in rehabilitation facilities in Iraq and Syria. This practice is what ISIS has always boasted of in pictures and videos displayed across the Internet with titles such as the “Cubs of the Islamic State.” According to a report by Daily Mail, one journalist, Andrew Drury, travelled to Syria in early June this year for the filming of his upcoming movie ‘Danger Zone’, when he spoke to the 13-year-old boy, Abdullah. At an early age, when children generally enjoy watching cartoon serials and playing with toys, Abdullah, a fan of Chelsea and McDonald’s, was taught how to use an AK-47 rifle by ISIS terrorists in Syria. 13-year-old Abdullah in the rehabilitation facility The young boy told the journalist that all his family members are dead now, most of whom were killed in the village of Baghouz, ISIS’ last bastion in Syria. ‘First school they taught me to hold weapon, second they taught Quran’, the teenager in the ISIS centre Speaking about his ordeal, Abdullah said that in as less than one and a half years of his stay in Syria, he was introduced to arms and ammunitions.

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UN-backed commission says 30,000 children are suffering rights abuses in northeastern Syria
1 year ago

UN-backed commission says 30,000 children are suffering rights abuses in northeastern Syria

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Five years after the Islamic State group lost the last sliver of land it controlled in Syria, nearly 30,000 children of militants and their supporters of various nationalities are suffering abuse in camps, prisons and rehabilitation centers in the war-torn country’s northwest, a U.N.-backed commission said Monday. “These children were already victimized during ISIL’s rule, only to be …

British ISIS jihadi from Leicester joins Shamima Begum in saying he wants to return to UK
2 years, 1 month ago

British ISIS jihadi from Leicester joins Shamima Begum in saying he wants to return to UK

Daily Mail  

A British former medical student who went to fight for Isis has revealed that just like Shamima Begum he hopes to return to the UK. He has been in prison for the last four years and wants to return to the UK Isis bride Shamima Begum, now 23, joined the terrorist group just like Ibrahim Ageed. The BBC has released …

Iraq’s Lost Generation
3 years, 4 months ago

Iraq’s Lost Generation

Al Jazeera  

An intimate look at the children and widows of ISIL who languish in camps, ostracised by their own communities. Now, many of those young people are languishing in camps or in Iraqi communities where they are social outcasts – some orphaned and some with their widowed mothers. This film hears from five of these young people, aged between 6 and …

In Syria camp, forgotten children are molded by IS ideology
3 years, 9 months ago

In Syria camp, forgotten children are molded by IS ideology

Associated Press  

AL-HOL, Syria — At the sprawling al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, children pass their days roaming the dirt roads, playing with mock swords and black banners in imitation of Islamic State group militants. I will blow you up with a grenade.” Another child slid his hand across his neck and said, “With the knife, God willing.” At a market inside …

Boy, 15, cleared of preparing for Isis-inspired terror attack during lockdown
4 years, 5 months ago

Boy, 15, cleared of preparing for Isis-inspired terror attack during lockdown

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He also searched for Isis “nasheeds” – Arabic songs …

Boy, 14, started making bombs during lockdown after watching Isis propaganda, court hears
4 years, 6 months ago

Boy, 14, started making bombs during lockdown after watching Isis propaganda, court hears

The Independent  

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Teenage Isis supporter who encouraged girlfriend to behead her 'disbeliever' parents jailed
5 years, 1 month ago

Teenage Isis supporter who encouraged girlfriend to behead her 'disbeliever' parents jailed

The Independent  

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Students in Syria are a textbook case for post-Islamic State reeducation
5 years, 11 months ago

Students in Syria are a textbook case for post-Islamic State reeducation

LA Times  

Authorities begin efforts to reeducate about 25,000 school-age children being held in Al Hol, the desolate internment camp on the edge of eastern Syria for members of Islamic State’s so-called caliphate and refugees from the communities the group controlled in Syria and Iraq. The saying has come to the fore as authorities begin efforts to reeducate about 25,000 school-age children …

Defiant until the end: Video shows evacuated jihadi brides proclaim loyalty to ISIS
6 years ago

Defiant until the end: Video shows evacuated jihadi brides proclaim loyalty to ISIS

Daily Mail  

A shocking video allegedly showing unrepentant jihadi brides being transported to a refugee camp after being rescued from ISIS's final holdout in Syria has emerged, in which they shout abuse and pledge loyalty to the terrorist group. The short clip shows women dressed head to toe in black, holding their young children, on the back of a truck reportedly taking …

I am the mother of an Isis fighter who died in Syria. This is my message to Shamima Begum and her family
6 years, 1 month ago

I am the mother of an Isis fighter who died in Syria. This is my message to Shamima Begum and her family

The Independent  

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Syrians rebuild and rehabilitate under Turkey’s watchful eye
7 years, 4 months ago

Syrians rebuild and rehabilitate under Turkey’s watchful eye

CNN  

Jarablus, Syria CNN — The cigarette dangling from Khalil’s lips gives him the air of teenage rebellion generally reserved for boys his age. “The most dangerous thing is the ISIS ideology,” says the center’s director, Hussein Nasser. Many children were deprived of formal education over the past six years, creating a breeding ground for ISIS to spread its doctrine among …

Nine-year-old boy who stood up in class and declared allegiance to Isis among thousands of children referred to Prevent programme
7 years, 4 months ago

Nine-year-old boy who stood up in class and declared allegiance to Isis among thousands of children referred to Prevent programme

The Independent  

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Angry, disaffected Muslim youth? Don’t believe the hype – look at what they did after the Manchester attack
7 years, 10 months ago

Angry, disaffected Muslim youth? Don’t believe the hype – look at what they did after the Manchester attack

The Independent  

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The children of Mosul talk about life under Islamic State. They saw things no child should see
8 years, 3 months ago

The children of Mosul talk about life under Islamic State. They saw things no child should see

LA Times  

Children gather at the Hassan Sham displaced persons camp near Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 26. “If they saw you like that,” he said, smiling, “they would kill you.” He had been attending the camp’s school five days a week, studying Arabic, English, history and geography. Those who didn’t join Islamic State, they didn’t get anything,” Iyad said. “I saw everyone …

Isis 'teaching Mosul's children how to kill and make bombs in school', say Iraqi parents
8 years, 4 months ago

Isis 'teaching Mosul's children how to kill and make bombs in school', say Iraqi parents

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Approximately one million children living …

Isis is using schools in Raqqa to 'brainwash children and train them with weapons'
8 years, 6 months ago

Isis is using schools in Raqqa to 'brainwash children and train them with weapons'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Isis is using schools to …

Isis execution video: Young boy ‘who could be British’ filmed taking part in jihadi killing
8 years, 7 months ago

Isis execution video: Young boy ‘who could be British’ filmed taking part in jihadi killing

The Independent  

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Grey-haired ISIS fanatics execute prisoners
8 years, 7 months ago

Grey-haired ISIS fanatics execute prisoners

Daily Mail  

ISIS brutes have released images of grey-haired extremists shooting prisoners - just days after they ordered children to carry out executions. Pictures show four elderly fanatics dressed in black and aiming handguns at their kneeling victims near the terror group's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. ISIS brutes have released pictures of grey-haired extremists shooting prisoners - just days after they ordered …

ISIS child suicide bomber aged between 12 and 13 was thwarted in Iraq
8 years, 7 months ago

ISIS child suicide bomber aged between 12 and 13 was thwarted in Iraq

Daily Mail  

Just when we thought the Middle East could not descend into greater depths of horror and depravity, Islamic State has proved us wrong again. For the terror group is now using an unprecedented number of children – dubbed 'Cubs of the Caliphate' – to launch devastating suicide attacks throughout the region and beyond. Scroll down for video THIS is the …

Turkey wedding bombing: Isis child suicide bomber was one of terror group's 'cubs of the caliphate'
8 years, 7 months ago

Turkey wedding bombing: Isis child suicide bomber was one of terror group's 'cubs of the caliphate'

The Independent  

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Isis training children of foreign fighters to become 'next generation' of terrorists
8 years, 8 months ago

Isis training children of foreign fighters to become 'next generation' of terrorists

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The children of foreign fighters …

Iraq’s child soldiers: ‘What happened to our boys?’
8 years, 9 months ago

Iraq’s child soldiers: ‘What happened to our boys?’

Al Jazeera  

ISIL is well-known for its use of child soldiers, but the Shia militias fighting against ISIL use minors too. The child soldier was fighting against Daesh in Amiriyat al-Fallujah, a city 40 kilometres west of Baghdad, where fierce battles have been taking place between Daesh, the Iraqi Army, and the “Popular Mobilisation Forces” – militias allied with the Iraqi government. …

What happens when your child joins ISIL?
8 years, 11 months ago

What happens when your child joins ISIL?

Al Jazeera  

Gillian Slovo’s play, Another World, tells the stories of ISIL recruits through the words of their mothers. The play is verbatim, documentary theatre: All of the actors’ words – their umms and ahhs, laughter and tears – were uttered by real people in months of interviews with writer Gillian Slovo. Slovo believes ISIL attracts young people who don’t have enough …

Isis 'teaching children how to make bombs at school' and brainwashing pupils with jihadist ideology in Iraq
8 years, 11 months ago

Isis 'teaching children how to make bombs at school' and brainwashing pupils with jihadist ideology in Iraq

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Isis is teaching children how …

'Isis taught me to kill and behead anyone who is not a Muslim', boy reveals
9 years ago

'Isis taught me to kill and behead anyone who is not a Muslim', boy reveals

Daily Mail  

The 10-year-old Yazidi boy in the blue cap with his soft brown eyes and cheeky smile watches the video intently - just like millions of boys his own age, captivated by their favourite films. All during my time there I wanted to escape and get away from ISIS.’ Faceless: The children are all forced to wear the ISIS uniform - …

Isis 'studied Nazi methods' to create own version of Hitler Youth and train child killers from birth
9 years ago

Isis 'studied Nazi methods' to create own version of Hitler Youth and train child killers from birth

The Independent  

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ISIS video shows child jihadi kiss his father goodbye before blowing himself up
9 years, 1 month ago

ISIS video shows child jihadi kiss his father goodbye before blowing himself up

Daily Mail  

This is the disturbing moment a 11-year-old boy kneeled down to kiss his father's hand before blowing himself up in a truck laden with explosives. Footage of the child jihadi, identified as Abu Imara al Omri, was posted last month by ISIS supporters, who claimed the boy was used to help take the village of Ghazl near Aleppo, Syria from …

Isis video 'showing British child blowing up car with prisoners inside' shows jihadists are in retreat, says PM
9 years, 1 month ago

Isis video 'showing British child blowing up car with prisoners inside' shows jihadists are in retreat, says PM

The Independent  

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Isis is brainwashing children to murder their own parents, child soldier who escaped from Raqqa reveals
9 years, 2 months ago

Isis is brainwashing children to murder their own parents, child soldier who escaped from Raqqa reveals

The Independent  

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Isis has abducted up to 400 Yazidi children and could be using them as suicide bombers
9 years, 2 months ago

Isis has abducted up to 400 Yazidi children and could be using them as suicide bombers

The Independent  

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‘Like coming back to life’ says child who escaped ISIS
9 years, 2 months ago

‘Like coming back to life’ says child who escaped ISIS

CNN  

Story highlights Children tell CNN how they escaped from ISIS captivity in northern Iraq One boy says his ISIS handlers would tell him they were now his only family. And “By god’s grace,” the instructor says, “in the coming days, they will be at the front lines of the fight against the non-believers.” ‘Unbelievably hard decision’ Aziz Abdullah Hadur, a …

Isis uses young boys to hunt down and kill prisoners in ruined Syrian castle for gory propaganda video
9 years, 3 months ago

Isis uses young boys to hunt down and kill prisoners in ruined Syrian castle for gory propaganda video

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Isis has used child fighters …

Young ISIS fighter shoots Iraqi 'spy' in the head at point blank range
9 years, 8 months ago

Young ISIS fighter shoots Iraqi 'spy' in the head at point blank range

Daily Mail  

Rival terror group has shared images of its young fighters for the first time ISIS also released video of its so-called 'cubs' being taught to use weapons A gruesome new video released by ISIS shows a young boy shooting a suspected spy in the head from point blank range. Scroll down for video Vile: A shockingly young boy shoots a …

Isis forces Yazidi children to behead dolls as part of their 're-education' training
9 years, 8 months ago

Isis forces Yazidi children to behead dolls as part of their 're-education' training

The Independent  

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The horrors of IS kids training camp: Behead dolls, shoot from close range, knock each other out
9 years, 8 months ago

The horrors of IS kids training camp: Behead dolls, shoot from close range, knock each other out

Firstpost  

The children had all been shown videos of beheadings and told by their trainers with the Islamic State group that they would perform one someday. They told me it was the head of the infidels,” the boy, renamed Yahya by his IS captors, told The Associated Press last week in northern Iraq, where he fled after escaping the IS training …

Isis video shows young boy beheading Syrian soldier near ancient city of Palmyra
9 years, 8 months ago

Isis video shows young boy beheading Syrian soldier near ancient city of Palmyra

The Independent  

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Huge numbers of Muslims are turning to ISIS because they want SEX
9 years, 9 months ago

Huge numbers of Muslims are turning to ISIS because they want SEX

Daily Mail  

Not giving young Muslims the chance to talk about sex leads to hate A former Islamist said he believes young British Muslim men are joining ISIS because they want sex. Scroll down for video Alyas Karmani speaking on ITV about why young British Muslims are tempted to join ISIS. He said young men are drawn to the organisation because they …

UK school girl posts picture from Syria, joins Islamic State
9 years, 11 months ago

UK school girl posts picture from Syria, joins Islamic State

Firstpost  

One of the school girls who had disappeared from London to travel to Syria has tweeted a picture that appears to confirm she has joined terror group ISIS. London: One of the schoolgirls who had disappeared from London to travel to Syria has tweeted a picture that appears to confirm she has joined terror group ISIS. The picture, posted by …

ISIS Recruits 400 Children in Three Months: Syria Watchdog
10 years ago

ISIS Recruits 400 Children in Three Months: Syria Watchdog

The Quint  

Terror outfit Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria in the past three months and given these so-called Cubs of the Caliphate military training and hard line indoctrination, a monitoring group said on Tuesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the children, all aged under 18, were recruited near schools, mosques and in public areas where …

Father of kids taken to Syria speaks: ISIS a "rape of the true faith"
10 years ago

Father of kids taken to Syria speaks: ISIS a "rape of the true faith"

NL Times  

The father of the two children, Luca and Aysha, abducted by their mother and taken to the Caliphate in Syria, wrote an "open letter to the Netherlands" in which he discusses the role of religion in this personal drama. He writes that what ISIS is doing to Islam is "a rape of the true faith". He still believes "that the …

Isis releases video of child soldiers training for jihad in Syria camp for 'cubs of the caliphate'
10 years, 1 month ago

Isis releases video of child soldiers training for jihad in Syria camp for 'cubs of the caliphate'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Isis has released a new …

Inside the 'School of Jihad': Isis militants release shocking videos showing what 'education' means for boys in the lands it occupies
10 years, 5 months ago

Inside the 'School of Jihad': Isis militants release shocking videos showing what 'education' means for boys in the lands it occupies

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They come after the UN's Human Rights Council found …

Getting real about jihadi terror
10 years, 6 months ago

Getting real about jihadi terror

The Hindu  

U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent television address, on a strategy to combat the violence and influence unleashed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria couldn’t have come a day or a moment too soon. “Every taxpaying citizen is entitled to information on how his contribution to the government treasury is being utilised towards enhancing his safety” On the negative …

Truth about Syria's refugee children revealed
10 years, 8 months ago

Truth about Syria's refugee children revealed

Daily Mail  

'The siege was really difficult. We had to eat our cat': Girl, 8, whose mother was decapitated by a missile in front of her, tells of the horror of life in Homs Baraa, eight, was forced to eat her pet during the siege of Homs Baby brother killed and mother beheaded by a missile that fell during siege She appears …

ISIS kidnaps 140 Kurdish schoolboys and are 'brainwashing' them into becoming suicide bombers
10 years, 9 months ago

ISIS kidnaps 140 Kurdish schoolboys and are 'brainwashing' them into becoming suicide bombers

Daily Mail  

Children of war: ISIS kidnaps 140 Kurdish schoolboys and are 'brainwashing' them into becoming suicide bombers Pupils aged 14 to 16 being held hostage in rebel-controlled city in Syria Forced to take lessons in Sharia law and watch horrific execution videos Escaped boy said armed fighters threatened to behead them if they fled More than 140 schoolchildren are being 'brainwashed' …

Iraq's children of war: Rebels force boys to watch execution and youngsters join regime troops
10 years, 9 months ago

Iraq's children of war: Rebels force boys to watch execution and youngsters join regime troops

Daily Mail  

Captured man is made to kneel on floor before being shot in the back of the head as crowd celebrates Gun-toting children were paraded for the cameras in Iraq yesterday – on both sides of the bloody conflict. Call to arms: Iraqi men flash victory signs as they leave the main recruiting center to join the army in Baghdad after …

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