Reema Bandar Compares Yemen's Houthis to ISIS

Saudi Ambassador Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud has compared Yemen's Houthis to ISIS. Reema Bandar accused the group of recruiting children as young as 10 for combat and called for a global effort to end its armed campaign.

The comparison to ISIS, the claim about children, and the call for a global effort are the ambassador's statements. The update does not describe a court ruling or a separate investigation.

What Reema Bandar said about the Houthis

She likened Yemen's Houthis to ISIS. The specific accusation is recruitment of children as young as 10 for combat. The action she asked for is a global effort to end the group's armed campaign. Those three points are the whole of the reported remarks.

Our verdict

Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud put the Houthis beside ISIS, accused them of sending children as young as 10 into combat, and asked for a global effort to end their armed campaign. That is her comparison and accusation.

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