20 killed in clashes between rebels, Yemen army
AFP, February, 2006
SANAA (AFP) — Fifteen rebels of the Zaidi minority in northern Yemen and five army soldiers were killed in clashes in Saada province, military and tribal sources said.
"Violent clashes raged for several hours between military forces and supporters of (Zaidi preacher Badreddin) al-Huti," a military official at the scene told AFP, contacted by telephone from Sanaa.
Witnesses said the fighting broke out as soldiers tried to seized control of a rebel stronghold to the north of Saada, in a mountainous ...