BERLIN: Two former German soldiers have been arrested on suspicion of trying to form a terrorist mercenary force to fight in Yemen's civil war, officials said.
The former soldiers — Arend-Adolf G and Achim A, face terrorism charges after police raids in southern Germany on Wednesday, the BBC reported.
They allegedly planned to recruit up to 150 men for a private army made up of former police officers and soldiers. According to prosecutors, they wanted to offer their services to Saudi Arabia's government for illegal missions in Yemen.
Yemen has been racked by a civil war between the Saudi Arabia-backed internationally recognised government and the armed Houthi movement since 2014.
Saudi Arabia entered the civil war in 2015 shortly after the capture of the capital, Sanaa, by the Houthis, who are supported by Iran. The accused former soldiers wanted Saudi Arabia to finance their private operations in Yemen, prosecutors in Germany said. (IANS)
Also Watch: