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Yemeni Insurgents Acknowledge Deterioration of Education Sector in Their Areas

The Houthi militia acknowledged the deterioration of the education sector in the areas under its control. The militia admitted that about 6.1 million male and female students in the areas under its control suffer from the collapse of the education system. In a recent report, the group's "Entisaf" organization indicated that 2.4 million children out of the 10.6 million children of school age are out of school. According to the Houthi report, 3,500 schools were destroyed or damaged, with about 27 percent closed in Yemen and 66 percent damaged due to the war. The Houthi report ignored the group's deliberate looting of the salaries of more than 130,000 educators in the cities under its control. Houthi commander Sumaya al-Taifi was named head of the Entisaf group. She is also head of the Zainabiyyat Brigades, Houthi's armed women's wing, and was named the director of the Women and Children Department in the Houthi Ministry of Information. Activists in Sanaa believe that despite the militias' comp
The Houthi militia acknowledged the deterioration of the education sector in the areas under its control. The militia admitted that about 6.1 million male and female students in the areas under its control suffer from the collapse of the education system. In a recent report, the group's "Entisaf" organization indicated that 2.4 million children out of the 10.6 million children of school age are out of school. According to the Houthi report, 3,500 schools were destroyed or damaged, with about 27 percent closed in Yemen and 66 percent damaged due to the war. The Houthi report ignored the group's deliberate looting of the salaries of more than 130,000 educators in the cities under its control. Houthi commander Sumaya al-Taifi was named head of the Entisaf group. She is also head of the Zainabiyyat Brigades, Houthi's armed women's wing, and was named the director of the Women and Children Department in the Houthi Ministry of Information. Activists in Sanaa believe that despite the militias' comp
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Yemeni Insurgents Acknowledge Deterioration of Education Sector in Their Areas

The Houthi militia acknowledged the deterioration of the education sector in the areas under its control. The militia admitted that about 6.1 million male and female students in the areas under its control suffer from the collapse of the education system. In a recent report, the group's "Entisaf" organization indicated that 2.4 million children out of the 10.6 million children of school age are out of school. According to the Houthi report, 3,500 schools were destroyed or damaged, with about 27 percent closed in Yemen and 66 percent damaged due to the war. The Houthi report ignored the group's deliberate looting of the salaries of more than 130,000 educators in the cities under its control. Houthi commander Sumaya al-Taifi was named head of the Entisaf group. She is also head of the Zainabiyyat Brigades, Houthi's armed women's wing, and was named the director of the Women and Children Department in the Houthi Ministry of Information. Activists in Sanaa believe that despite the militias' comp
The Houthi militia acknowledged the deterioration of the education sector in the areas under its control. The militia admitted that about 6.1 million male and female students in the areas under its control suffer from the collapse of the education system. In a recent report, the group's "Entisaf" organization indicated that 2.4 million children out of the 10.6 million children of school age are out of school. According to the Houthi report, 3,500 schools were destroyed or damaged, with about 27 percent closed in Yemen and 66 percent damaged due to the war. The Houthi report ignored the group's deliberate looting of the salaries of more than 130,000 educators in the cities under its control. Houthi commander Sumaya al-Taifi was named head of the Entisaf group. She is also head of the Zainabiyyat Brigades, Houthi's armed women's wing, and was named the director of the Women and Children Department in the Houthi Ministry of Information. Activists in Sanaa believe that despite the militias' comp

The Houthi militia acknowledged the deterioration of the education sector in the areas under its control. The militia admitted that about 6.1 million male and female students in the areas they run suffer from the collapse of the educational system.

In a recent report, the group's "Entisaf" organization indicated that 2.4 million children out of the 10.6 million children of school age are out of school.

According to the Houthi report, 3,500 schools were destroyed or damaged, with about 27 percent closed in Yemen and 66 percent damaged due to the war.

The Houthi report ignored the group's deliberate looting of the salaries of more than 130,000 educators in their cities.

Houthi commander Sumaya al-Taifi was named head of the Entisaf group. She is also head of the Zainabiyyat Brigades, Houthi's armed women's wing, and was named the director of the Women and Children Department in the Houthi Ministry of Information.

Activists in Sanaa believe that despite the militias' comprehensive destruction of the Yemeni state and its systems and laws in various sectors, their crimes and violations against the educational process remain the most dangerous.

Recent international reports indicated that 80 percent of students in Yemen are in dire need of educational aid, revealing that more than 2.7 percent of students have dropped out of school.

Official government and international reports reported that about 4.5 million Yemeni children have dropped out and been deprived of education since the coup because of the group's destruction of schools and their conversion into military barracks.

They also accused the group of disrupting the educational process, recruiting children, and developing curricula that promoted sectarianism and hatred.

Save the Children Organization confirmed that 80 percent of students in Yemen need educational aid, revealing that more than 2.7 million Yemeni children have dropped out of education.

The organization tweeted on World Education Day on Jan. 24 that "currently, 8.6 million children (80 percent of all school-aged children) are in need of education assistance."

It indicated that over 2,783 schools were damaged or destroyed, "teachers being unpaid for nearly eight years now, and access to education is becoming increasingly difficult."

The organization described education as a "lifeline for children during emergencies. It provides stability, safety, and hope for a better future. In Yemen, however, students are dropping out of school at an alarming rate."

It warned that without education, these children are at risk of abuse and neglect, economic and sexual exploitation, recruitment, sexual and gender-based violence, trafficking, and child marriage.

The UN estimated that more than 2,900 schools had been destroyed, partially damaged, or used for non-educational purposes since the outbreak of the conflict in Yemen.

Meanwhile, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor reported that a fifth of school-age children in the Middle East and North Africa region do not currently attend school.

The Monitor stated that 2022 statistics indicate that many children were deprived of their fundamental right to education.

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Israel Attempts to Penetrate Second Line of Villages in Southern Lebanon

Trails of Israeli missiles launched towards targets in southern Lebanon, as seen from an undisclosed location in northern Israel, 18 November 2024, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. (EPA)
Trails of Israeli missiles launched towards targets in southern Lebanon, as seen from an undisclosed location in northern Israel, 18 November 2024, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. (EPA)
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Israel Attempts to Penetrate Second Line of Villages in Southern Lebanon

Trails of Israeli missiles launched towards targets in southern Lebanon, as seen from an undisclosed location in northern Israel, 18 November 2024, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. (EPA)
Trails of Israeli missiles launched towards targets in southern Lebanon, as seen from an undisclosed location in northern Israel, 18 November 2024, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. (EPA)

Relative calm prevailed in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday after a day of intense Israeli strikes. In the South, Israel also scaled back its air raids as its forces clashed with Hezbollah on the second line of villages that it is trying to penetrate.

Israel is trying to ramp up its pressure on the field hours before US envoy Amos Hochstein is expected to arrive in Beirut where Lebanon and Hezbollah have agreed to a US ceasefire proposal.

On the ground, Israel now controls a first line of villages and is trying to capture the second line, specifically in the western sector through the village of Chamaa and the eastern sector towards al-Khiam.

Khiam witnessed relentless Israeli artillery fire throughout the night. Israel also targeted the towns of Jdeide, Marjeyoun and Bourj al-Mamlouk, reported Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA).

Hezbollah announced in a series of statements that it had fired rockets at Israeli forces in Khiam on four occasions. The Iran-backed party’s al-Manar television reported that Israeli armored vehicles were moving in the fields of al-Wazzani towards Khiam.

Hours earlier, the Israeli army announced that it had deployed artillery batteries inside Lebanese territory, a first since it intensified its attacks against Hezbollah in October.

Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee said the artillery was deployed to provide support for the ground operations as the forces advance towards new goals.

Former deputy chief of staff of operations in the Lebanese Armed Forces retired General Hassan Jouni and founder and CEO of the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis (INEGMA) Riad Kahwaji agreed that the deployment of the artillery was normal in the field battle.

Jouni told Asharq Al-Awsat that the first line of villages was now under Israeli control through fire, while Kahwaji said they are effectively occupied and now Israel can advance on the second line.

Jouni disagreed on calling it an occupation, saying Israel was controlling it by force. Its military can roam the area, but it still comes under attack. It has also not built any defensive posts that allow it to establish a permanent position in the area.

The deployment of the artillery will not have a major impact on the fighting. Rather, it is aimed at firing deeper in Lebanon, he explained.

In offensive operations, artillery batteries are moved forward as forces advance. This is what Israel is doing. It has moved up to the second line of villages, but does not consolidate its occupation of villages, he said.

The first line will become occupied once Israel seizes control of the second, Jouni went on to say.

As it stands, the army is being met with fierce resistance by Hezbollah on the second line, especially in the Tayr Harfa region and leading to Chamaa.

Chamaa is significant because it lies between two valleys and is the only route to al-Bayyada, whose capture would be a major achievement given its geographic location, Jouni said.

Kahwaji, meanwhile, asserted that the first line of villages has been occupied by Israel, which has allowed it to move on to the second line.

The deployment of the artillery confirms this advance. Moreover, the forces will be stationed around the artillery to defend it, so they would have effectively established a foothold in the area.

On the ground, an Israeli airstrike targeted the main water facility in the southern port city of Tyre, killing two local officials and injuring two others, further compounding southern Lebanon’s worsening water crisis, Lebanon’s state media said.

The attack severely damaged the facility, prompting the Tyre Municipality to urge residents to ration water use until repairs can be made, NNA said on Monday.

Those killed in the attack included Samer Shaghri, a local elected official called a mukhtar who handles residents’ administrative affairs, and Qassem Wehbi, the deputy mayor of Burj al-Shamali, a town east of Tyre.

This strike is part of a broader pattern of bombardments in the 13-month conflict between Hezbollah and Israel that, according to an October 22 UNICEF report, have damaged at least 28 water facilities, cutting off access to safe water for over 360,000 people, primarily in southern Lebanon.

UNICEF’s report quoted Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of Energy, Walid Fayyad, who said, “The ongoing hostilities have inflicted severe damage on Lebanon’s essential services, leaving hundreds of thousands without access to safe water and electricity.”