At least 19 people have been killed in overnight clashes between rebels and government-backed militia in Yemen.
The fighting came a day after it was revealed that dozens of people have been killed recently in renewed violence in the area.
The clashes have strained a truce agreed in February between Shia Houthi rebels and the government.
Elsewhere, in southern Yemen five soldiers were killed in an ambush in an area where al-Qaeda is active.
The ambush occurred in Shabwa province, and is reportedly the third attack on government troops by militants in the area in five weeks.
Radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who has been linked to al-Qaeda attacks in the US, is thought to be in the area.
BBC News
