Yemen: Iran-backed Houthis turn schools into sectarian centers and jihadist camps

The Iran-backed Houthis continue to booby-trap the minds of Yemeni youths and children in schools under their control, through a series of sectarian activities and events, and have turned school platforms and halls into jihadist and sectarian camps.

Educational sources told Khabar Agency that the education sector in the entire governorate of Ibb (central Yemen) has transformed the teaching and educational space in public and private schools into a factory for producting and exporting sectarian ideology, under what called the "Martyr's Day".

The Houthis took advantage of the event to highlight three axes: sectarian culture, jihadist ideology and military force. Therefore, they do not coincide with the educational process at any point.

In one of the axes, they showed military force through models of ballistic missiles and drones, which they had previously claimed to have manufactured, while international reports had revealed methods of smuggling disassembled parts from Iran which supports them militarily and logistically.

Human rights activists warned of continued international silence towards Houthi crimes against Yemeni youths and children.

They called on the Security Council, the United Nations and its organizations, to take a serious stance towards the intellectual, cultural and ideological terrorism of the Houthis against Yemeni generations.

The danger posed by the Houthis threatens the future of the region as a whole, with the continuation of creating a generation armed with the terrorist jihadist ideology. They said.