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Sana'a: Two tribesmen were killed and some others injured in clashes between Al Houthi rebels and followers of a tribal chief in Sa'ada, official sources said on Thursday.
The sources also said the rebels attacked military positions in Haidan breaching a Qatari-brokered deal to end the confrontation between the two sides.
Local sources in Sa'ada told Gulf News that about 10 people were killed over the last few days in confrontations between the rebels and government troops on one hand and between the rebels and tribesmen on the other.
The sources said the confrontations between Yemeni troops and Al Houthi followers erupted last Sunday after a car carrying a group of Al Houthi followers refused to stop at one of the military checkpoints in Haidan district.
The soldiers fired to force them to stop the car. An Al Houthi follower was killed and two soldiers were injured, the sources said.
About eight Al Houthi followers were killed in confrontations between Al Houthi followers and tribesmen in Juma'a district over the last two days, the sources said.
Two tribesmen were also killed and some others were injured in those confrontations, they said.
The presidential committee overseeing the implementation of the Qatari-brokered agreement will hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss the developments, the sources said.
"The committee will take the necessary procedures to prevent such breaches to implement the remaining clauses of the agreement," the Defence Ministry website quoted an unidentified official as saying.
Government control
Deploying troops and spreading the control of the government on all areas of Al Houthi rebels, including Mutrah and Al Naqa'a, the stronghold of Al Houthi leadership, was the most difficult point facing the Qatari-Yemeni mediation which started about two months ago.
The official also said the chairman of the Qatari delegation had met Abdul Malek Al Houthi, leader of the rebels, over the past two days and informed him of the viewpoint of the committee to implement the seventh clause relating to spreading control of the government.
Abdul Malek Al Houthi promised to respond in the next two days, he said.
The official said the government was concerned about the agreement not being implemented especially after the troops withdrew from the four sites from where Al Houthis wanted them to withdraw. The withdrawal was under the observation of the presidential committee, he said.
Earlier in the week, however, Saleh Habra, representative of Al Houthi in the presidential committee, said the government has implemented only 10 per cent of the agreement.
For the seventh clause of the agreement relating to coming down from mountains and releasing detainees, Habra said Al Houthis were ready to withdraw from all sites but the government should first comply with the agreement.
"The troops should withdraw from their houses and their farms and all their detainees should be released, and then they will come down from the mountains immediately," Habra said.
"They resorted to mountains after the government had controlled their houses and farms," he said.
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