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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

KSRelief Launches 2nd Phase of Rehabilitation Project for Yemen Child Soldiers

Armed boys on the back of a pick-up truck at a Houthi rally in Sanaa. (Reuters)

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) launched in Yemen’s in Marib on Friday the second phase of the rehabilitation project for children recruited by the Iran-backed Houthi militias, reported the Saudi Press Agency.

The project will see the children undergo a psycho-social program for a whole month. It is aimed at returning normalcy back to their lives and ridding them of the effects of their recruitment by the terrorist group.

The project is part of KSRelief’s plan to rehabilitate 2,000 children, who were recruited by the militias for their war effort in violation of international laws.

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