[19/November/2009]

SAADA, Nov. 19 (Saba) – The Yemeni army and the Saada municipal authorities have called on the misled insurgents in Saada to hand themselves in to the authorities and give up their arms.

The call was made for the rest of the Houthi rebels who are still fighting the troops in some areas in the province, with hundreds of publications jettisoned in the areas where they are said to be located urging them to stop the insurgency.

They also identified the places where the rebels can surrender and give their weapons, saying the fighters can give up at police stations and local authorities, local MP residences, tribal elders and trustworthy social dignitaries.

The publications also read that those who surrender and give their weapons would be safe. 

Hundreds of Houthi rebels, have been killed, wounded and arrested since the army launched an assualt against them in August that was prompted by rebel persistent lawbreaking and violence.

The rebels have been fighting the troops seeking to reinstal imamate rule since 2004.

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Saba