Tribesmen kill 18 Houthis in ambush

(MENAFN- Arab News) SANAA: Armed tribesmen killed 18 Houthi rebels in an ambush in Yemen's central province of Ibb on Tuesday residents said in one of the deadliest ground attacks in over two months of war.
The attack hit a convoy of militiamen and allied army troops in the town of Qaeda while they were en route to the city of Taiz a flashpoint of clashes between Yemen's dominant Houthis and armed backers of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
Farther south in Dhalea province around 15 Houthi terrorists were killed in heavy clashes with pro-Hadi fighters on Monday night.
Saudi-led airstrikes hit Houthi positions along Yemen's far northern border with the Kingdom and struck military bases aligned with the group in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday.
Residents of Yemen's far northern province of Al-Jawf said five suspected Al-Qaeda members were killed in a suspected US drone strike on two cars in a frontline battle area between the Houthis and tribesmen.
Neighboring Oman a neutral power is mediating talks between Houthi and American officials in the capital Muscat aimed at ending Yemen's conflict.
The dialogue also led Yemeni authorities to release to Oman on Monday a detained American freelance journalist.
Yemeni politicians say the discussions are narrowing ground between Yemen's exiled government and the Houthis and may soon pave the way for more formal United Nations-backed negotiations.