(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Hundreds of armed tribesmen attacked sites held by Shiite Houthi militants in a district in the central Yemeni province of Ibb and flushed them out, a local government source said Tuesday.
"Around 300 armed tribesmen attacked seven Houthi checkpoints in Al-Qafr directorate in Ibb and kicked them out of the region," the source, requesting anonymity, told The Anadolu Agency.
The tribesmen captured six Houthi militants during the attack, he added.
The Houthi group is yet to comment on the source's assertions.
Fractious Yemen has remained in turmoil since last September, when the Houthis overran capital Sanaa, from which they have sought to extend their influence to other parts of the country.
Since last Wednesday, Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies have pounded positions of the Shiite Houthi militant group across Yemen.
Riyadh says the strikes are in response to appeals by embattled President Abd Rabbu Manshour Hadi to "save the [Yemeni] people from the Houthi militias."
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