America; The Daily Beast reported on Thursday that ISIS sympathizers held in Syrian detention facilities forced boys as young as 13 to work as sex slaves in order to impregnate them and increase the population of the "caliphate". 

At least ten boys were forced to engage in sexual activities with a large number of women at Camp al-Hall in northeastern Syria, according to unnamed Syrian Defense Force (SDF) officials cited by US media.

Since ISIS was defeated in 2019, the Syrian government has detained approximately 8,000 women and children who were linked to the terrorist organization. Male ISIS members over the age of 60 are kept in separate camps.

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Two teenagers in Camp al-Hawl, named Ahmet, 13, and Hamid, 14, told a security guard that they were being forced to have sex with ISIS women in order to make them pregnant.

"Can you help us leave this place?" Within days, one of the boys was involved in sexual activity with eight women from ISIS.

According to the Daily Beast, security forces have confirmed that teenage boys were victims of similar abuse at Camp al-Roj, located in northeastern Syria.

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In fact, after he was given a Viagra-like substance to make him perform, one of the boys fainted and had to be hospitalised. Al-Roj's mothers have pleaded with the camp administration to send their sons to treatment facilities in an effort to save them from sexual slavery.

According to a policy recently adopted by the Syrian defense authorities, boys who have reached puberty are transferred to these rehabilitation centers, where they receive anti-insurgency counseling and prepare for re-entry into society. Get ready for.

Last week, the United Nations condemned the practice, calling it "illegal" and warning that those involved could be "forced to disappear" or sold.

Many women from ISIS have objected to their and their children's return to their countries of origin. Others, including the UK's "ISIS bride" Shamima Begum, had their citizenship revoked and were not allowed to reapply.

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According to SDF officials, the Damascus government is unaware of the exact number of pregnancies in the camps, but many women have reportedly done so.

Some women give birth in secret in hopes of increasing the Islamic State population, which they believe will arrive once their men arrive to free them from the camps.