From schools to the front lines: The Houthis' new mechanism for recruiting children in Yemen

Residents of Sanaa reported today, Wednesday, to Arab media that the Houthi terror regime has begun operating a new mechanism for recruiting schoolchildren.

The Emirati website "Erem News" noted that this change turns schools from educational institutions into platforms for ideological training and military recruitment. Over the years, the Houthis relied mainly on summer camps to recruit children and teenagers. Now, the training is moving directly into schools.

According to the sources, the mechanism includes organized registration, which is mandatory in every school, and the gradual integration of children and teenagers into the organization's military structure. It was also reported that the Houthis' "General Recruitment Authority" has begun distributing recruitment forms to students of various ages in areas under their control in northern and western Yemen.

Sources added that in this way, students are registered into the Houthi recruitment forces and undergo preparation for combat training and ideological indoctrination before being deployed to the front lines.

Sources noted that the introduction of military registration mechanisms into schools reflects a trend of expanding the scope of recruitment by exploiting the daily presence of students in educational institutions. This is instead of relying only on seasonal activity in summer camps.