(NSI News Source Info) SANAA, Yemen - July 26, 2010: Shiite rebels took control of a strategic army post in north Yemen on Monday and captured some 70 soldiers, in the latest clash to endanger an increasingly fragile truce, armyand tribal sources said."Huthi (rebels) took control of a military position in Al-Zaala and captured all remaining soldiers," a tribal source told AFP. "Violent clashes erupted since the early morning hours."
A local military official said the rebels captured some 70 soldiers.
The attack came after residents contacted on Sunday by telephone said six soldiers were killed in fighting between the Zaidi Shiite rebels, also known as Huthis, and a government-backed tribe in tense northern Yemen.
Al-Zaala controls the road between Sanaa and Saada, the rebels' stronghold.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Sunday that he did not want another war with the Huthis. "Peace, security and stability are the choice of the state... I say no to another war," he said at a military ceremony.
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