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Article

6 Jun 2016

Author:
Isabel Hunter & Salem Rizk, Mail Online (UK)

Turkey: Syrian child refugees allegedly found in sweatshop making military uniforms for ISIS

'Child slaves' making uniforms for Isis: Inside the Turkish sweatshop where children as young as nine work 12 hours a day stitching combat gear used in battle by Islamic State

  • Syrian refugee children forced to work in a military uniform sweatshop that sells camouflage to ISIS

  • Unable to go to school and desperate for money on the Turkish border the boys work 12 hour days for £10

  • Factory owner Abu Zakour has no problem selling uniforms to ISIS: 'It doesn’t matter where my customers are from'

  • He also supplies Al Qaeda group Jabhat al-Nusra, Ahrar al-Sham and other rebel FSA fighters with military garb