Islamic State recruits more than 400 children

Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria since January.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, these so-called 'Cubs of the Caliphate' are receiving military training. All children were recruited near schools, mosques and in public areas where Islamic State carries out killings and punishments on local people.

"They use children because it is easy to brainwash them. They can build these children into what they want. They stop them from going to school and send them to IS schools instead," RIA Novosti cited  the head of the Observatory, Rami Abdulrahman.