September Net

The Iran-backed Houthi militia has expanded its combat mobilization routes, targeting young school children who were brainwashed out of education and enrolled into the sectarian effort.

The Houthi insurgents are using several methods to control the minds of children such as  ideological and sectarian training centers, exploit poor families and force them to push their children to the warfronts.

Recently, the Houthi militia set up ideological and sectarian training centers for its elements in the province of al-Mahweet.

Local sources said that the Houthi militia transformed the headquarters of an electricity provider in Hofash district into a training center for fighters. Recruits are put through extensive sectarian and combat training there before deploying to battlefronts.

The Houthi rebels are training fighters in a hangar, which was formerly used by residents of the area to house electricity generators in the village of Jabal Naaman, one of the largest villages in the region, according to the sources.

The majority of conscripts are young school children who were brainwashed out of education and enrolled into the sectarian effort.

The Iran-backed Houthis have devised a plan for transforming schools and other civilian premises into areas they overrun into training centers, militant housing and operation rooms.

Often, Houthi gunmen shelter themselves during Arab coalition air raids in civilian buildings. They later fabricate allegations about the coalition hitting “noncombatant targets.”