Syrian children detained, tortured and used as human shields: United Nations | ummid.com

Syrian children detained, tortured and used as human shields: United Nations | ummid.com
In one documented incident in March, children as young as 8 were used as human shields when government forces surrounded the village of Ayn l’Arouz in Idlib province. Witnesses reported that several dozen children between the ages of 8 and 13 years were forcibly taken from their homes and placed in front of the windows of buses which carried military personnel into the raid on the village.