Houthis detain Yemeni Vice President鈥檚 son

Arab News
Smoke rises after an airstrike on the military site in Sanaa, Yemen January 11, 2018. (Reuters)

Houthi militias stormed on Friday the home of Yemeni Vice President General Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar and kidnapped his son Mohsen Ali Mohsen along with dozens of house guards, sources in Sana鈥檃 said.
Ahmar鈥檚 office and Houthis did not confirm or deny the news that was reported by Arabiya.Net.
However, Houthi militias also released Saturday two prominent tribal leaders with a number of their followers, who were arrested on charges of participating in the uprising called for by former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on December 2, that ended with Saleh鈥檚 death and injuries among his relatives and hundreds of his supporters.
Observers said that Houthis might have taken this step to please the 鈥淗ashid鈥� tribe, since the first leader was a communications minister in the unrecognized government coup and a leader in the Popular Congress Party. He was overthrown by Houthis after Saleh鈥檚 death and was held in one of their detention camps after being accused of supporting the uprising.
The other detainee was a tribal leader, who maintained a close relationship with the former president,. The militias looted and then blew up his house and arresting a number of his followers.
According to the Houthi-based Saba News Agency, Head of the coup Houthi Supreme Political Council Saleh Al-Samad received Saturday in Amran the Governorate鈥檚 elders and sheikhs from the Hashid tribe, praising their roles in supporting the group, in the face of what he called 鈥渁ggression.鈥�
Samad has also ordered the release of Sheikh Glidan Mahmoud Glidan and Sheikh Mabkhouth Al-Mashreqi.
Meanwhile, the Houthi militia suppressed Saturday protests in Sana鈥檃 carried out by women to denounce the coup militia, forty days after former President Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed.
The protest, which reached Tahrir Square in central Sana鈥檃, called for 鈥渃ivil disobedience鈥� in response to the Houthi violations.
The participants demanded that the Houthi militias hand over Saleh鈥檚 corps of Saleh, which the Houthis claim to have buried in his hometown earlier this month.