200 Houthi rebels arrested in Saada

SAADA, Dec. 16 (Saba) - Security authorities
have arrested in the past few days about 200 members of rebel al-Houith loyalist
sleeper cells
in the old city of Saada, the military-run 26sep.net has reported.
During his inspection visit to security sites in Sa'ada city, the First
Undersecretary of Interior Ministry Mohammed al-Qawsi has said that the some of the
rebels have surrendered
themselves.
During the visit, al-Qawsi has met with security officers and soldiers in the sites
and talked with them over many security issues in the city.
A few days ago, al-Qawsi has said that 25 members of al-Houthi sleeper cells in the
city were handed themselves up to the security services and they have been sent to
the
competent authorities, according to the 26.sep website.
Since fighting erupted in 2004, thousands of people, soldiers and insurgents have
been killed in Saada province, which located close to border with Saudi Arabia,
after the
rebel group was founded by rebel leader Hussein al-Houthi.
Hussein, the eldest brother of the current group leader Abdul-Malik, was killed by
the army in September 2004.
The Yemeni government accuses the Houthi group of trying to reinstall the rule of
imams, which was toppled by a republican revolution in northern Yemen in 1962.
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