Yemen�s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has denounced the recent wave of deadly clashes between Takfiri militants and Houthi fighters, warning of �sectarian� violence in the country.
Hadi made the remarks in a speech aired by state TV on Tuesday, as violence continued for the second week in the town of Damaj in the northern province of Sa�ada.

The Yemeni president condemned what he called �sectarian fighting,� which �does not serve the security or stability of the nation,� calling on the both sides to practice �self-restraint.�

At least 100 people have reportedly been killed in the fighting between the two sides since Wednesday.
Houthis, a Shia group led by Sheikh Abdel-Malek al-Houthi, said in a Wednesday statement that the Takfiri groups are igniting strife in the region by bringing thousands of foreign fighters to Damaj.
On Monday, a ceasefire was announced by the UN special envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, to allow the evacuation of the injured people. However, the truce was violated only after a few hours.

The two groups accused each other of having violated the ceasefire. Houthi spokesman Ali al-Bakheeti said the foreign Salafi militants were responsible for the collapse of the truce.

Sourur al-Wadii, a spokesman for the Salafists in Dammaj, said that the �truce lasted only two hours due to the Huthis� intransigence.�

Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Yemen Cedric Schweizer said some 23 critically injured people had been evacuated from the area during the short-lived truce.

�There are still more wounded people in need of treatment, and we hope to be able to come back for them,� he added.

By Press TV

 

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