How many child soldiers are there in Syria?

Iran is not the only participant in the Syrian conflict using child soldiers, but that is no excuse. Instead of glorifying their participation, Iran should immediately end this practice, ratify the Optional Protocol, and ensure children are protected against recruitment. read more

Many organizations like the Syrian Networks and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights have published their reports, based on the investigations made by their own reporters. However, the number of child soldiers they have usually given have been either exaggerated or unconfirmed. read more

Syria's five-year-old conflict has created 2.4 million child refugees, killed many and led to the recruitment of children as fighters, some as young as seven, U.N. children's fund UNICEF said on Monday. read more