Syrian Democratic Forces military order banning recruitment and use of children

In September 2018, the Syrian Democratic Forces issued a military order in which the minimum age for recruitment was defined as 18 and a commitment was made to cease stipends to recruits under 18 years of age.[1]

[1] For more details, see Priyanka Motaparthy, “Important Steps to End the Use of Child Soldiers in Syria,” Human Rights Watch, September 12, 2018, https://www.hrw.org/ar/news/2018/09/12/322381.