Seven Somali people have been arrested while fighting the army in support for the Houthi rebels in northern Yemen, the Alsahwa website reported on Monday.
The source close to the army said the Somalis were caught in the Almagza'a area in Harf Sufyan, Amran, among 20 Houthi followers.
In this regard, a news paper cited military sources as saying there were Somalis fighting the troops in support for the insurgents in the provinces of Saada and Amran along with experts teaching the insurgents guerrilla wars.
The Akhbar Al-Youm newspaper said the arrested were handed to the Intelligence Service which started investigating them.
The sources expected the arrested had links to the Jihad groups in Somalia supported by Iran and Eritrea, adding the arrests may reveal more facts about the flow of Somali refugees to Yemen.