Sana'a: The war between Al Houthi rebels and the government troops continued in northern Yemen despite rebels saying they have accepted all conditions set by the government for ending the war.
At least eleven Al Houthi rebels were killed in battles in the areas around Sa'ada city, where rebels still implement suicide attacks on the troops, military and independent sources said on Saturday.
A total of five rebels were killed when a group of them attempted a suicide attack on troops in Al Makash and Al Okab, the military source said.
Six more rebels were killed when a group of tried to infiltrate to the hill of Dares around the city of Sa'ada.
The sources also said that the tribal leader Ahmad Mohammad, who was providing the rebels with weapons, was arrested and referred to investigations.
Sources said that five people at least were killed when Al Houthi rebels bombarded the house of the tribal Shaikh Othman Mujali, whose son was among the dead.
Al Houthi rebels said on Friday that Saudi forces launched 13 air strikes and fired 174 missiles on the border areas of Shada and Dhaher.
These developments came after Al Houthi rebels announced their acceptance of the six conditions set by the government for ending the war.
The government insists that the rebels should start implementing the conditions by surrendering their weapons and releasing "kidnapped" Saudis and Yemenis.
The Saudi assistant minister of defence Khalid Bin Sultan said on Friday that Saudi Arabia would only speak with the Yemeni government about five missing Saudi soldiers.
"We will not talk with Al Houthi infiltrators about the five missing soldiers, we will talk only with the Yemeni government, and Al Houthis know this more than others," said the Prince Khalid, commenting on a previous statement by Al Houthi rebels that they would swap prisoners with Saudi Arabia.
