Sana'a: The Yemeni government has rejected an offer of a truce by Al Houthi rebels because they have not pledged to stop attacks in Saudi Arabia, a government official said on Sunday.
The comments came as fresh clashes erupted as Al Houthi snipers crossed over the border, according to a Saudi military source.
Snipers still remain in Saudi territory and exchange fire with Saudi forces on a daily basis, the source explained. However, the threat they pose is not great, the source pointed out.
The Yemeni government said that the rebels' readiness to accept the government's conditions to end the war in Sa'ada is just a ploy to rescue themselves from an imminent defeat, according to Mohammad Al Emad, deputy governor of Sa'ada, in a statement published by the state-run media.
Earlier on Saturday, the rebels said in an internet statement they would accept all of the conditions of the government but only if military operations stopped.
"The successive defeats and breakdowns inflicted on the rebels made them resort to such evasions only to gain time and try to regroup their scattered elements as they did previous rounds," Al Emad said.
