ISIS CHILD SOLDIER: WE HAVE TO KILL OUR PARENTS.

Boys snatched from their families by ISIS reveal how they were ordered to kill their parents after being trained as child soldiers... and would have their legs broken if they refused.

 

Former ISIS child soldiers have revealed how the jihadi group snatch young boys from their families and subject them to savage punishments if they refuse to become child soldiers.

One 11-year-old boy, known only as Nouri, had one of his legs broken after he refused to become a 'cub of the caliphate.'

The children who managed to escape describe how they were indoctrinated into the jihadi group's radical brand of Islam and taught that they should execute their 'unbeliever' parents.  

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One former ISIS child soldier had his leg broken by a jihadi for refusing to attend a jihadi training camp

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Child soldiers at an ISIS training camp are taught how to use machine guns and practice close combat

A Kurdish commander described the challenge his men face when fighting against ISIS. He said that ISIS frequently send children out on the frontline, wearing concealed explosive vests.

Aziz Abdullah Hadur said that when fighting on the Gweyr frontline, his men had witnessed numerous child soldiers fighting for ISIS on the frontline. 

'Many times when we are facing ISIS, we see the children at the front line and they're wearing explosive vests. They are brainwashed,' he told CNN. 

He explained how he was often faced with the challenge of helping children who have been freed by ISIS but who could be suicide bombers.

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A Kurdish commander described the challenge his men face when fighting against ISIS. The jihadi group frequently sent children out on the frontline, wearing concealed explosive vests

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One young child soldiers points his handgun at the camera for a ISIS propaganda video

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The repeated beatings and endless propaganda have meant that some of the escapees wake up in the night with nightmares while others suffer seizures

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Child soldiers have been videoed executing prisoners accused of carrying out acts of espionage 

'When they make it through our lines they kill our fighters. It's an unbelievably hard decision.You don't know what to do because if you don't kill them they'll kill you,' he lamented.

The growing trend for ISIS to use child soldiers as suicide bombers, particularly in Iraq, has been suggested as a sign of how stretched their resources are in the region.

Pictures of teenage suicide bombers without even a hint of a beard have began to be a common sight on social media as ISIS repeatedly target younger recruits.

One former child soldier revealed the emotional impact of being taken from his parents and being forced to become a soldier. 

'We weren't allowed to cry but I would think about my mother, think about her worrying about me and I'd try and cry quietly,' he said.

When we escaped and I saw my mother again, it was like coming back to life, the young boy said.

Some children who managed to escape ISIS and are now living in the refugee camps in northern Iraq, have also been left badly psychologically scarred.

The repeated beatings and endless propaganda have meant that some of the escapees wake up in the night with nightmares while others suffer seizures. 

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The child soldiers are forced to learn the jihadi group's radical interpretation of Shariah law

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Pictures of teenage suicide bombers without even a hint of a beard have began to be a common sight on social media as ISIS repeatedly target younger recruits