2,000 Houthi-registered Houthi children killed in clashes: UN | Houthis Stories

A United Nations report finds that children between the ages of 10 and 17 are being lured into fighting the world-famous Yemeni government.

About 2,000 children are enrolled in Yemeni Houthi terrorists has died in the war, the United Nations says, and the group is looking for weapons from companies in the Middle East, Europe and Asia.

In an annual report to the Security Council released on Saturday, UN experts said they had found evidence that the Houthis used several summer camps and mosques to spread their ideas and recruit children to fight against the world-famous Yemeni government, backed by Saudi-led forces. Saudi. agreement.

“Children are instructed to shout the words’ Houthi ‘death in America, death in Israel, curse Jews, victory in Islam’,” a group of four experts said. “In one camp, seven-year-olds were taught to clean weapons and to escape from rockets.”

The group said it received a list of 1,406 children registered by Houthis who died in the war in 2020, and 562 child soldiers killed between January and May 2021.

“They were between the ages of 10 and 17,” the experts said, and “many” were killed in Amran, Dhamar, Hajjah, Hodeidah, Ibb, Saada and Sanaa.

The experts criticized the use of child soldiers instead seven-year dispute and called on all parties to “avoid the use of schools, summer camps and enrollment mosques”. They called for sanctions against those who did so.

Breaking the embargo of arms

The 300-page report also found that the terrorists, who are in charge of the Sanaa capital, continue to “export the most important weapons of their kind from companies in Europe and Asia, using sophisticated central machines to close prisons”.

“All loyal military and military personnel to the Sanaa authorities adhere to this definition” for violating the UN arms embargo, it said.

Several types of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), explosives, and rocket launchers are assembled in Houthi-controlled areas, experts found.

Tools such as engines and electronics instead “come from foreign countries through complex networks in Europe, the Middle East and Asia”.

The report was not confirmed predicted by the United States and Saudi Arabia that Iran is directly involved in criminal activities. Tehran admits to supporting the Houthis politically but denies that it has helped them acquire weapons.

Experts say evidence shows weapons and other weapons continue to be handed over to Houthi troops by “people and organizations in Oman”.

Oman, which shares borders with Yemen, is the only country in the region other than Iran that can maintain links to the military.

Established from ‘mother’

The report added that explosive devices were launched from Houthi-controlled areas and increased frequently last year.

In the Red Sea, explosive devices were used to attack commercial ships stationed on Saudi ports, sometimes more than 1,000km (600 miles) off the coast of Yemen.

“It seems certain that the equipment was developed from a ‘mother’, who would have drawn more weapons along the way,” experts said.

The terrorists continued hit inside Saudi Arabia use of long-range drones as well as ocean arrows and missiles.

“The aim of the terrorists was mainly political … The Houthis want to push Riyadh to accept a politically stable solution for their benefit,” UN investigators said.

“This is in stark contrast to the use of anti-aircraft missiles and airplanes in Yemen, whose purpose is often to kill more people.”