{"id":577,"date":"2010-07-21T09:59:37","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T09:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=577"},"modified":"2010-07-21T09:59:37","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T09:59:37","slug":"yemen-fighting-kills-dozens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/07\/21\/577\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemen fighting kills dozens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"ali-saleh\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/ali-saleh.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"189\" \/>At least 33 people have been killed in four days of clashes between government-backed tribes and so-called Houthi rebels in Yemen, officials have said.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fighting started after a government-allied tribe attacked attacked a Houthi stronghold in the northern province of Amran, local officials and tribesmen said on Tuesday.<br \/>Medical and security officials told the Associated Press that 12 rebels and 21 tribesmen were killed.<br \/>The clashes were the deadliest since the government and rebels signed a ceasefire in February to end years of bloody conflict.<br \/>According to the rebel group, Yemen&#8217;s army supports the tribal fighters, but Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president, blamed the clashes on zealous supporters from each side.<br \/>The Houthi rebels on Monday stated their support for a recent agreement signed between the country&#8217;s ruling party and the opposition, aimed at creating a national dialogue between Yemen&#8217;s political rivals.<br \/>The group said that the agreement, sealed between the ruling General People&#8217;s Congress and a coalition of opposition parties, will pave the way for a &#8220;comprehensive dialogue which excludes no one&#8221;.<br \/>It is said to be aimed at finding ways of implementing a February 2009 deal for national dialogue and postponing a parliamentary election until April 2011 to allow time to amend Yemen&#8217;s constitution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qatari support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Houthis also voiced support for an offer by Qatar to help consolidate the truce between them and the Sanaa government.<br \/>&#8220;We welcome Qatar&#8217;s initiative in promoting sustainable peace and&#8230; we have informed Qatar&#8217;s emir of our welcome,&#8221; Mohammed Abdul Salam, a spokesman for the Houthis rebels, told AFP news agency.<br \/>During a visit to Sanaa last week, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani told reporters his country was ready to help safeguard unity in Yemen, which is racked by tensions in the north and in the south.<br \/>&#8220;We would be happy to take part in finding a solution that helps the survival of the Yemen unity,&#8221; he said after talks with Ali Abdullah Saleh.<br \/>&#8220;We are always with the Yemenis in their problems, unless they refuse that. Until now, they have not refused.&#8221;<br \/>Qatar has been previously involved in the past in talks between the government and Houthi rebels.<br \/>Thousands of people have been killed in the conflict which first\u00a0 broke out in 2004, with the last battle ending in a February truce.<br \/>There are also tensions in the south where the Southern\u00a0 Movement, a coalition of opposition groups, has a range of demands from economic and social improvements to full independence for the regions of former South Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Agencies<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 33 people have been killed in four days of clashes between government-backed tribes and so-called Houthi rebels in Yemen, officials have said.<\/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-577","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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