More and more children are fighting in Yemen's conflict

Extreme poverty, boredom, and peer pressure are some of the reasons why aid workers say that hundreds and possibly thousands of boys under 18 have joined groups fighting in Yemen's civil war. Most of the young soldiers are between the ages of 13 and 16, and some observers estimate that boys under 18 make up one-third of the Houthi militia's 25,000 fighters, The Washington Post reports. Some join because they are following their friends or have nothing to do since the war has forced schools to sh...