Ahlul Bayt News Agency - At the age of 12, you were probably playing with Pokémon cards or having a game of headers and volleys with your mates, but this kid is repairing sniper rifles for soldiers fighting ISIS.
The schoolboy, known only as Omer, lives in the north of war-torn Iraq and works tirelessly with his father fixing everything from snipers to grenade launchers and huge machine guns.
When the duo have repaired the weapons, they hand them back to Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, who are currently at war with Islamic State.
I work with with my father daily, I help him - we repair DShKs (a type of heavy machine gun). 'Islamic State’ came here and I want to help the Peshmerga. I do not want ‘Islamic State’ to control Kurdistan.Omer
Omer's father Ibrahim, a gunsmith between 1993 and 2013, came out of retirement so that he could help the forces protecting their area from the merciless Islamic State.
‘Islamic State’ is the enemy of religion and humanity. I said: 'Let's work to help the Peshmerga and serve our nation' Ibrahim
