How and why does ISIS recruit child soldiers?

ISIS recruiting child soldiers at an alarming rate, what does this mean for the future of ISIS? ISIS is coercing child soldiers at an accelerating rate recent analysis suggests. Disturbingly children appear to be fighting alongside adults marking a new development in the tactics behind child soldiers. read more

While the use of children in warfare is not new, researchers say that ISIS has taken the notion of child soldiers to a new level, even bragging about employing children on their social media sites. John Hogan is a psychologist at Georgia State University. read more

The group has established training camps across the country, but especially in Aleppo province and Raqqa in the east, to recruit children into armed roles, a war crime. The U.N. report adds to the case for intervention in Syria as it accuses ISIS of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. read more

ISIS does not use those under 18 because they provide specific technical advantage in combat or because they are short of fighters. Child soldiers are seemingly treated no differently than adult soldiers, according to a new study published Friday in the CTC Sentinel. read more