President Saleh has handed the responsibility of solving the Saa'da crisis to Sheikh Hussein Al-Ahmar, Head of the National Solidarity Council. Saleh has asked Ahmar to finalize the differences between both sides and ensure that peace fills the region of Sa'ada. This comes after the previous two committees responsible for the peace negotiations between the government and Houthi loyalists have failed over the past year, as casualties continue to rise weekly.

Houthi field officer Abdul Malik Al-Houthi welcomed the move by President Saleh and hoped that the outcomes are fruitful now that Ahmar is head of the committee.

Most members of the new committee assigned by Saleh are members of the National Solidarity Council. This is considered the third mission President Saleh has asked Sheikh Ahmar to intervene and help solve over the last two months including the Ja'ashin and South issues that Ahmar has solved.

Turning back to Sa'ada, escalation from all angles took place as fifty people were killed and nearly one hundred and twenty injured as locals in Sa'ada witnessed the start of a sixth war in the war torn governorate.

A local source told the Yemen Post that violent clashes are ongoing in different areas of Sa'ada province where casualties for Sunday exceeds 15 deaths and over 45 injured.

The source added that Houthis have become stronger especially when their fellow rebels were released from government prisons. Meanwhile, Houthi followers are surrounding a government complex in Munabeh district.

Further, government forces are also surrounding a large group of Houthi loyalist in Saa'da according to sources.

On Saturday, three Yemeni security soldiers were killed and another two injured in an attack that targeted a control center located in the northwest part of the city. In separate clashes, eight Houthi loyalists were killed in continuous clashes in the city as the death toll increases everyday from both sides.

Also, 15 people were killed and over 60 others injured, mostly soldiers when a powerful explosion rocked Suliman mosque in Sa'ada.

The explosion resulted from explosives packed into a motorbike and it was detonated when worshippers started to leave the mosque following performing Friday prayer.