Head of the Police in the district of Serwah, Mareb, said that Al Qaeda and the Houthi rebels were behind the killing of three soldiers and injuring three other troops in Mareb on Saturday, the News Yemen reported on Sunday.
Abdullah Al Taheri said Al Qaeda and the Houthi militants took advantage of the closure of Sana'a-Mareb road by Al Al Zayedi tribe in Mareb and then infiltrated into the clash site and shot the soldiers.
The road has been reopened in coordination with good tribesmen, he said, adding that the tribal fighters were promised by authorities to look into their claims.
The situation was now under control, he said.
On Saturday, fierce clashes erupted between tribesmen and security forces in the district of Jahm, Mareb, in which the army used various weapons against the tribesmen who stationed on the peaks of mountains.
Three soldiers were killed and others were wounded in the early Saturday clashes.
The clashes were triggered by sniper attempts that two inmates from the tribe of Al Al Zayedi faced while in a court in Sana'a.