Sana’a: Al Houthi rebels refused a Yemeni government mechanism for implementing the conditions they previously accepted for ending the war.
The mechanism cannot be implemented on the ground, said the mediator, Hassan Zaid, late Monday after he handed over the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh a proposal from the rebels on how to implement the six conditions for ending the conflict.
Earlier this week, the government handed over a timetable and mechanism to the rebels on how to implement its six conditions for ending the seven-month-old sixth round of the six-year-old sporadic war.
The conditions include the rebels leaving the mountains, handing over the weapons and not attacking the territories of the neighbouring Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, fighting continued yesterday with more than 10 soldiers and 15 rebels being killed in clashes, according to independent and military sources.
Meanwhile, General Yahya Saleh, commander of the Yemen's Central Security, said the attempts to end the war would fail.
The General, who is the nephew of Saleh, said Monday that the six conditions accepted by the rebels represent the weaknesses of the government and not the strengths.
"The government must have set only one condition asking the rebels to surrender themselves and hand over all weapons, and then the rebels leaders must be put on trial," said Yahya Saleh, at a press conference held Monday in Sana'a after he sent food and medical assistance caravan worth 40 million riyal to the displaced people from the war in Sa'ada.
