: ISIS on Thursday posted online a gruesome video showing six of its child soldiers killing Syrian security forces held captive by the jihadists.
: ISIS on Thursday posted online a gruesome video showing six of its child soldiers killing Syrian security forces held captive by the jihadists.
Titled “To the Sons of Jews, the slickly-produced video shows dozens of boys, who appeared to be about 10 years old, studying religious texts and learning hand-to-hand combat.
Six of the boys are chosen by their instructor to “send a message” to ISIS’s opponents by executing security forces held by the group.
ISIS’s “Cubs of the Caliphate” programme provides intense military and religious training to children throughout the jihadist group’s areas of control in Syria.
Although child soldiers have been typically used to man checkpoints or gather intelligence, ISIS has been increasingly using them to execute prisoners.
