Report including information from a fact finding mission to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq conducted from 27 April to 4 May 2024 on military recruitment in North and East Syria (profile of conscripts; deferral and exemptions from the self-defence duty; conscription process; use of conscripts in combat; violations against civilians; treatment of other ethnic groups during service; consequences of evasion and desertion; recruitment to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), PKK, and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA))