{"id":49,"date":"2010-01-31T14:14:20","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T14:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=49"},"modified":"2010-01-31T14:14:20","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T14:14:20","slug":"yemen-rejects-houthi-truce-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/01\/31\/49\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemen rejects Houthi truce offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"yemen-hothi\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/yemen-hothi.jpg\" width=\"283\" height=\"230\" \/>The Yemeni government has turned down a truce offer from the country&#8217;s Houthi fighters.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A government official said on Sunday that the ceasefire deal should have included a pledge by the group not to attack neighbouring Saudi Arabia.<br \/>The offer, made by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the Houthis&#8217; leader, on Saturday, was also rejected because he demanded that the government end its military operations first, the official said.<br \/>&#8220;The government rejects al-Houthi&#8217;s initiative to accept the five points of the government terms [for peace], because it does not include a sixth point, which demands a pledge from the Houthis not to attack Saudi territory,&#8221; the Yemeni official said.<br \/>Yemen laid down ceasefire terms in August that included removing checkpoints, ending banditry, handing over all military equipment and weapons, and releasing civilians and military personnel.<br \/>Government officials said Houthi leaders twice rejected the terms, while al-Houthi said Saturday that his fighters had twice declared they wanted to end the conflict.<br \/><strong><br \/>Renewed clashes<\/strong><br \/>The failure of the two sides to reach a deal coincided with renewal of fighting.<br \/>Clashes overnight between Yemeni government forces and the Houthis left 24 fighters dead, military officers said on Sunday<br \/>The fighting broke out on three fronts near Saada, 240km north of the capital Sanaa, and government jets were carrying out raids in the area, officials said.<br \/>The Yemeni defence ministry news website said a Houthi leader, identified as Qaed Abu Malik, was killed along with 20 other comrades in the Safia area of Saada.<br \/>The website also claimed that three other fighters were killed while they tried to sneak into farms near al-Aqab, also in Saada.<br \/>In an audio message released via the internet on Saturday, al-Houthi said the government must not allow the conflict to be used by &#8220;international and regional forces&#8221; as an excuse to drag Yemen into a wider war.<br \/>&#8220;It was these forces and the stupidity of the government that led them to launch attacks on its own people,&#8221; he said.<br \/>&#8220;Nevertheless, and for the fourth time, I announce our acceptance of the [the government&#8217;s] five conditions [for an end to the conflict] after the aggression stops &#8230; the ball is now in the other party&#8217;s court.&#8221;<br \/>Al-Houthi&#8217;s statement came on the heels of an announcement from his group on Monday that they would withdraw from Saudi territory they had occupied since November.<br \/>The Houthis have been engaged in sporadic fighting with Yemeni government forces since 2004, in a war they say is to defend their community against discrimination and the aggression of local government representatives in Saada.<br \/>The latest stage of the conflict broke out on August 11, when the military launched Operation Scorched Earth &#8211; an all-out assault against the group.<br \/>According to international aid organisations, more than 200,000 people have been displaced by the fighting since 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Al Jazeera and agencies<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yemeni government has turned down a truce offer from the country&#8217;s Houthi fighters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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