Southern recruits disappear in Marib, after refusing to fight with coalition

LAHJ, Feb. 21 (YPA) – A southern newspaper quoted residents from Lahj province, southern Yemen, as saying that militias loyal to Saudi-led coalition in Marib province had jailed their sons after being recruited for fighting with the coalition against the Yemeni army forces.

Al-Ayyam newspaper reported on Thursday that the fate of young recruits has remained unknown for months after they tried to return to their areas and refused to participate in fighting on the fronts.

The recruits’ relatives in Toban and al-Hutta districts of Lahj on Wednesday carried out a protesting vigil, during which they called on the exiled Hadi’s government and Islah Party militias to release the recruits.

They said “they have been subjected to a conspiracy. They have been attracted and then forced to fight in the combat fronts in the border areas to defend Saudi Kingdom, which has been waging an unjust war against Yemen for nearly four years.”

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