AFP, Aden :
At least 30 people have been killed in clashes between pro- and anti-government forces in central Yemen, tribal sources said yesterday.
The Shiite Huthi militia, backed by troops allied to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, clashed with armed tribesmen in Baida province late yesterday, the sources said, adding that nine tribesmen and 15 Huthi fighters were killed.
The tribesmen booby-trapped two houses used as bases by Huthi fighters and ambushed several patrols, the sources added.
Meanwhile, clashes raged late yesterday in
Marib, east of Sanaa, where tribesmen loyal to Yemen’s internationally backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi confronted advancing Huthi fighters and pro-Saleh troops, tribal sources said.
Six tribesmen, including a tribal chief, were killed in these clashes.
At least 30 people have been killed in clashes between pro- and anti-government forces in central Yemen, tribal sources said yesterday.
The Shiite Huthi militia, backed by troops allied to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, clashed with armed tribesmen in Baida province late yesterday, the sources said, adding that nine tribesmen and 15 Huthi fighters were killed.
The tribesmen booby-trapped two houses used as bases by Huthi fighters and ambushed several patrols, the sources added.
Meanwhile, clashes raged late yesterday in
Marib, east of Sanaa, where tribesmen loyal to Yemen’s internationally backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi confronted advancing Huthi fighters and pro-Saleh troops, tribal sources said.
Six tribesmen, including a tribal chief, were killed in these clashes.
