[h=2]New proof has shown the use of child soldiers by the YPG, which is backed by the United States in Syria, despite international laws that prohibit the practice.[/h]
The PKK has been accused of kidnappings, murder and drug trafficking and is designated a terrorist group by the U.S., EU and Turkey. And though the YPG and its political wing have banned minors from getting married in areas under its control, in keeping with Mr. Ocalan’s Marxist-inspired feminist ideology, it nevertheless sends teenagers to fight—and boasts of using suicide bombers in battle.