Free Syrian Army & Jabhat al-Nusra

Military opposition groups, such as Free Syrian Army, Syrian Revolutionary Front, Jahbat al Nusra and the Islamic Front, are frequently recruiting Syrian children as soldiers and sex slaves. These groups are being funded by Western countries and some regional countries. The children undergo a religious indoctrination, and most of them are being brought to training camps, where they learn how to behave in combat. These training camps are taking a toll on most of the children.

For more than a week now, opposition militants such as Jahbat al Nusra and the Islamic Front have cut off the water supply to one of the largest cities in Syria, Aleppo. Due to the cut off the residents of Aleppo are suffering from water shortage and some are forced to drink water from rivers, which leads to infections. There have been warnings of outbreak of  water-born diseases in the region. Jahbat al Nusra and the Islamic Front are defending their action by saying the Syrian Arab Army is attacking their main supply road with artillery.

The FSA’s “Northern Storm” group has also released a statement in support of the new alliance