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UN: Yemen’s Houthi rebels agree to stop using child soldiers

FILE - In this July 30, 2018, file photo, a 17 year-old boy holds his weapon at High dam in Marib, Yemen. The Houthi rebels have agreed to rid their ranks of child soldiers, who have fought by the thousands during the country's seven years of civil war, the United Nations said Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) FILE - In this July 27, 2018, file photo, Kahlan, a 12-year-old former child soldier with Yemen's Houthi rebels, demonstrates how to use a weapon at a camp for displaced persons where he took shelter with his family in Marib, Yemen. The Houthi rebels have agreed to rid their ranks of child soldiers, who have fought by the thousands during the country's seven years of civil war, the United Nations said Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
UN: Yemen’s Houthi rebels agree to stop using child soldiers