US adds Turkey to list of countries using child soldiers
A US State Department report called out Turkey for providing support to armed groups in Syria that use children in combat.
The US State Department has added Turkey to a list of countries implicated in the unlawful recruitment or use of child soldiers, the first time the label has been applied to a NATO ally.
The State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons report released Thursday called on Turkey to “cease operational, in-kind, and financial support to armed opposition groups in Syria that recruit child soldiers.”
