Yemeni official: Houthis have recruited over 200,000 children since 2015
A Yemeni defense official says Houthi militia have recruited more than 200,000 children since 2015, targeting minors through schools and indoctrination camps.
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AIYahya Al-Hatami, head of the military media sector at Yemen's Ministry of Defense, said the Houthi militia has recruited more than 200,000 children since 2015.
Speaking to Al-Ekhbariya TV, he added that the Houthis target children aged 12 to 18 through summer centers and sectarian training courses.
Al-Hatami noted that the militia exploits schools in areas under its control, such as Taiz, to attract children and spread its sectarian ideology.
He pointed out that more than 13 children were captured on the Halhalan front, and around 70 children have been detained over the past two months. He stressed that child recruitment is a systematic Houthi policy aimed at spreading extremist ideas, fueling conflict, and threatening the future of Yemen and the region.
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