Soldiers and Somalis Fighting with Houthis
SANA’A, NewsYemen, The independent weekly al-Ghad reported in its edition on Tuesday that security sources said that Yemeni security authorities arrested dozens of military personnel allegedly involved in al-Houthi rebellion in Sa’ada.
The sources were quoted as saying that investigations with those military personnel are ongoing and that they are as they are accused of leaking military and security information to rebels.
On the other hand, Yahya al-Houthi, brother of Abdul-Malik al-Houthi was quoted by Marepress.net as calling upon all Sheikhs who were sent by President Saleh to Sa’ada for a new mediation to stop their mediation efforts.
Al-Houthi said that he will refuse any mediators to be selected by President Saleh alone. He said there is no mediation after the latest Qatari one.
Yemeni security authorities have arrested non-Yemeni nationalities involved in clashes against the government forces in their battles with rebels in Sa’ada, security source said.
The source said most of the arrested are Somalis and that initial investigations revealed that they joined al-Houthis for $100 for each.
