>> akrem. >> he was only released from is capitivity a few weeks ago. >> can you sleep? >> sometimes i have nightmares. i'm afraid to sleep, but they keep telling me everything's ok. >> akrem was just five years old when he got separated from his mother while on the run from i.s. he was badly wounded. the militants turned him into a child soldier. >> he had a number of gunshot wounds -- here, here, here -- and down there a graze. i.s. fighters marched into the village and everyone fled. the militants opened fire, shooting at random. he's been trained to use various weapons, and he was subject to constant threats. >> they said they'd cut our hands off -- from here, then from here, and here -- and then they'd cut our heads off. >> he was constantly beaten and kicked. cigarettes were stubbed out on his skin. >> there are hundreds of others like akrem, who have been radicalized and trained to use weapons. every member of society who is not a member of i.s. is treated as an enemy. if the kurdish regional government doesn't take this seriously -- and if the international ngos