Houthi movement militarizing Yemeni society, recruiting child soldiers: expert
Regional security researcher Ibrahim Jalal says the Houthis are militarizing life in Yemen and have recruited hundreds of thousands of children.
Regional security expert Ibrahim Jalal asserts that the Houthi movement is actively militarizing all facets of life in Yemen, with a particular focus on recruiting hundreds of thousands of child soldiers. Speaking to Al Hadath radio, Jalal detailed the Houthis' systematic program of indoctrinating children through schools, mosques, summer camps, and indoctrination centers aimed at brainwashing them.
He emphasized that the frontlines of Houthi forces are dominated by hundreds of young soldiers, who endure high attrition rates and are exposed to death and destruction. The recruitment tactics employed by the Houthis are part of a broader pattern of human rights abuses in the regions under their control, which clearly violate all international laws. The group's exploitation of children is conducted on sectarian grounds.
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