The Houthi group sets conditions for opening the road between Ma'rib and Sana'a. No one passing through the points will be arrested.

The Houthi position comes as a comment on the Yemeni government’s announcement, on Thursday, of opening the Marib-Sanaa road. The road connects the Ma’rib Governorate (central), which is under government control, and the capital, Sana’a (north) The road has remained cut off since the start of the war in the country in March 2015.