A young girl, born in 2004, from Basoufan village in the northern suburbs of Aleppo governorate, Silva Hamid Jafar was abducted by Syrian Democratic Forces personnel on March 17, 2022*, on her way back from school to her home in al Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood in Aleppo city for conscription, and taken to a recruitment center.
SNHR notes that the girl’s parents have not been informed of her whereabouts, and she hasn’t been allowed to contact her family, who are also forbidden from visiting her. We fear she may be forced to participate directly or indirectly in military operations, and confirm that around 156 children are still conscripted in Syrian Democratic Forces recruitment camps.
* Based on previous information, we published a news report stating that the Syrian Democratic Forces abducted the girl Silva Jafar for conscription on May 17, 2022. After further investigation and follow-up, we learned that Silva was abducted on March 17, 2022, and her family announced that she was abducted on May 20, 2022, and the news report was updated accordingly.
