More Houthi Followers Set Free;

Yemeni security authorities set free 14 Houthi loyalists belonging to Hajjah province’s Kuhlan Al-Sharaf and other four from Razih district in Sa’ada. Other two Houthi followers from Aflh Alyemen district in Hajjah. 

This comes in translation of the recent agreement signed in Doha and involved Yemeni authorities and Houthi representatives. 31 Houthi followers from Hajjah province have been released as of now.

Similarly, Dhamar security authorities released three prisoners detained over Sa’ada events and they were in prison for 10 months.

Member of the presidential committee in charge of implementing Sa’ada ceasefire agreement Abdu Al-Janadi pointed out that security authorities have set 150 Houthi followers free, hinting that authorities released 197 Houthis last week.

Earlier last week, the committee received a list of weaponry possessed by Houthis and they used to attack armed forces as the agreement including handing over these weapons to the army.

In implementation of the agreement, the committee as well as Yemeni and Qatari Red Crescent Associations are now paying field visits to the damaged districts in Sa’ada to evaluate war damages left behind the war. A third committee is monitoring the districts to report any violations of Sa’ada ceasefire agreement and it calls citizens to descend from mountains and to return back to their homes and farms.

Meanwhile, Sa’ada governor Mutahar Rashad Al-Masri assured the mediation efforts are continuing in order to contain what he named as ‘sedition’, noting everything is running in a vacuous circle.

There has been an exchange of accusations between the warring parties after Walid Hasan Thawrah, son of the member of committee supervising the implementation of ceasefire agreement.

Still, many observers see the war could have unforeseen consequences and Sa’ada war could results in tribal wars and revenges between province’s tribes.

A source from Sa’ada local council told the Yemen Post that they have been excluded from the presidential committee delegated to supervise the agreement’s implementation though the agreement stresses the importance of including the local authorities in the process.