Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Yemen, Amnesty International, Houthi militias, Child soldiers

Amnesty Accuses Houthis of Recruiting Children for Fighting

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 28, 2017 | Middle East

London- Amnesty International revealed in a statement Houthi militia’s involvement in recruiting children and forcing them to fight in battlefields. The statement issued by the organization said that new evidence has emerged of how the Houthi armed group is...

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Boys who are part of the Houthi rebels hold weapons as they ride on the back of a patrol truck in Sana’a March 13, 2015. Reuters

Yemeni Rebels Accused of Recruiting 10000 Child Soldiers

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Jan 22, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh- The Yemeni government accused on Saturday Houthi and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh militias of recruiting 10,000 child soldiers in a blatant violation of human rights. Undersecretary of the Yemeni Human Rights Ministry Nabil Abdel Hafiz told Asharq...

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Independent Commission Investigates Recruitment of 387 Child Soldiers in Yemen

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Aug 16, 2016 | Middle East

The Independent National Yemeni Commission of Inquiry into alleged human rights violations recorded more than 9,817 alleged violations in various regions of Yemen from March up until now. According to the Commission, the violations included 3,054 cases of civilians...

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Saudi Defense Ministry spokesman General Ahmed Asiri

Asiri to Asharq Al-Awsat: UN Report is Negative and Contradictory

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 4, 2016 | Middle East

Arab coalition forces that support legitimacy in Yemen emphasised that the United Nations report’s inclusion of the coalition on its human rights violation blacklist is negative and will weaken the efforts of the UN envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh. Brigadier...

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The parents of Arab-Israeli Muhammad Musallam (portrait) react to news of his death at the family’s home in East Jerusalem on March 10, 2015. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)

Opinion: They Kill Like Men, They Die Like Boys

by Diana Moukalled | Mar 17, 2015 | Opinion

His face was smooth, the signs of imminent manhood yet to appear on his unblemished features, just like any other boy of his age. Even his eyes, which he had tried to empty of any sign of feeling, betrayed a childlike innocence, one squarely at odds with the barbaric...