In the flesh clashes erupted Tuesday between the Houthis Shiite rebels and the government-back clans Houthi claimed that several soldiers have been killed and other 200 were taken hostage, local media reported.
According to the same source both military personals and Houthi rebels have confirmed the incident at the Al-Zuala army base in Amran province.
Further, local sources from Sa'ada province revealed that Houthi rebels took captive soldiers as a prisoner of war to Al-Nagah area of Sa'ada.
Rebels and tribesmen from the Ibn Aziz tribe, which is allied with the government, were also killed in the clash.
The incident has threatened the fragile truce in the area, which had been signed only months ago as a means of stopping a war that has displaced nearly 400,000 people since 2004.
Yemen is being pressured by the southern movement in the south which asking for self ruling and the Yemeni government claim that it will put down the conflict and instead concentrate on an Al-Qaeda threat in the area.
Regional analysts said that Yemen has become a key player in U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region due to an increasingly active branch of Al-Qaeda in the country.
They also said that the Yemeni regime, led by President Ali Abdullah Saleh whose current problems stem largely from the government record of corruption and neglect is struggling to hold the domestic threats that further deteriorate the stability of the poverty-stricken nation and create a vacuum in which Al-Qaeda is able to flourish.