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The Recruitment and Conscription of Child Soldiers by US-Supported Misurata Militias

Child recruitment by GNA and Turkey affiliated militias and mercenaries is widespread; however, most of the documented cases have come from Misurata (Misrata); the area has been receiving US military support since 2011. The typical strategy for recruitment involves targeting minors in orphanages and offering them 1000 Libyan dinars (200 dollars) weekly. Most recruits have joined the al-Mahjoub brigade; unlike Yemen, where child recruits go to training camps and are cultivators to be fighters; militia child conscripts receive little to no formal training and typically are used as combat fodder. Tripoli: The killing of the child militia member (Matin Fathi Al-Ghariari), born in 2004, who belongs to the “Tripoli Revolutionaries” militia has been documented and released by local sources.  Tripoli: Local sources have documented the killing of the child militia member (Osama Faraj Al-Takroni) born in 2003 and from the city of Misrata and related to the militia crowd, as a result of the c...