[Yemen Post] Clashes renewed on Tuesday between the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the
Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is "God is Great, Death to America™", Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews" ...
group and the tribes of Hajja after Houthi snipers killed a child in Kushar district of Hajja.
Local sources said that dozens from both sides were killed and maimed, affirming that crossfire that erupted on Tuesday night lasted to Wednesday.
A tribal leader of Kushar district, Yahya Al-Saeedi told Marib Press that Houthi fighters centered on mountains snipe children and passers-by, stressing that they violate any truces.
He said the tribes managed on Tuesday to recapture a village that was controlled by Houthi fighters, pointing out that the population depend on this village to have drinking water.
He further said that rustics could take out a number of landmines implanted by Houthis in their villages, anticipating that festivities will last.
Al-Saeedi demanded President Abdurabu Mansour Hadi
...the second and possibly the last president of Yemen, successor to former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh...
to intervene and put an end to bloodshed in Kushar, indicating that the local residents suffer of hunger, poverty and siege imposed by the Houthi fighters on their villages.
According to Yemeni activists, landmines and explosive devises implanted by Houthi fighters in some areas of Hajja led to the killing and wounding of dozens during the past few months in Hajja governorate.
Deputy governor of Hajja, Esmaeel Al-Muhim, said children are more most vulnerable to landmines, many displaced persons of Hajja governorate have failed to return their houses.
Media sources cited that at least 3,000 landmines have been planted in Kusher and Mestaba since sectarian festivities first broke out in November 2011.
Violent festivities broke out between the Houthi Group and the tribes leaving hundreds of persons killed and maimed from both sides, and hundreds of families were displaced before reaching a truce in March.