Magazine: Syria's school of war

Aleppo, Syria - Abdel Razzaq's 'military academy' is located in a former school in northern Syria's Aleppo province. It is where local boys come to receive two hours of training a day for three months before being sent off to the front.
Eager to join their older brothers and fathers on the frontline of the Syrian civil war, the teenagers readying themselves to fight with the rebels are oblivious to the international laws prohibiting child combatants.
"When they arrive here, they are children. By the time they leave, they are killing machines," says Abdel Razzaq, the 38-year-old former army sergeant who trains them. Read more