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Saudi-led coalition announces rescue 86 Yemeni children
RIYADH, Aug. 11, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Saudi-led coalition involved in a war
in Yemen announced on Saturday it has rescued 86 Yemeni children from the
death and handed them over to their families, Al Akhbariya local TV reported.
The coalition said that the Houthi militias recruited children and exposed
them to danger. It returned seven of the young fighters to their parents by
transferring them to the Yemeni government in the presence of the Red Cross.
The coalition has been accusing the militias of violating the
international laws by recruiting children as fighters, forcing them to be
human shields and attack Saudi cities with missiles.
Saudi Arabia has been leading a war in Yemen in support of the Yemeni
exiled government for the last three years.
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