Lured to ‘camps’ with the promise of food and money for their families, boys as young as seven are then forced to join the militia’s ranks
It was an offer too good to refuse.
A month or so of food rations during a time of war led Ayman, 14, to a summer camp on the edge of Yemen’s dusty port city of Hodeidah.
There was also the promise of teaching, albeit under the religious zealotry of the Houthi rebels who controlled the camp.
But it wasn’t long until Ayman and his classmates had a rifle in their hands.
