The Saada-based Houthi group has threatened to respond to any US strikes in the wake of a US drone that killed four Al-Qaeda suspects in Saada last Sunday.
A spokesman of the Houthi group, Dhaifallah al-Shami, stressed that the group will use any "permissible means" in case the group was targeted by the United States, pointing out that the US drone targeted a training camp of al-Qaeda in Saada.
The group had strongly denounced a US drone strike on Kutaf of Saada, describing the attack as a US vicious campaign against the Yemeni people, stressing that the US aims at domination on Yemeni land and looting its resources.
It further accused the interim government of allowing the US air forces to commit crimes in Yemen and give it political cover to continue its strikes.
The main slogan of the Houthi group is "God is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews."
Meanwhile, local sources said that Houthi fighters arrested a number of people including children in Al-Zabiah village of Saada after a week of pursuit.
According to tribal sources, the Houthi group has set up three training camps in Saada and Amran, pointing out that it receives weapons from Iran and Lebanon.
The sources added that the group operates to recruit fighters, particularly children, from Saada, Sana'a, Hajja and al-Jawaf governorates and train them at different fighting ways.The tribal leader quoted a recruited child as saying that they are trained on using light and medium weapons, removal of landmines and using bombs, RPG and mortars. The sources that requested to be anonymous said that among schools used by the Houthi as custodies are al-Siaf and 22 May schools in Haja, affirming that a number of locals are languishing in these schools.