SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Clashes in Yemen between Shiite rebels and Islamist tribesmen supported by national army units have killed at least 85 people in one week, military officials and tribal leaders said Friday.

The officials said 11 soldiers were among those killed in the ongoing battles between Shiite Hawthi rebels and tribesmen from the Islamist Islah Party in and around the city of Amran, northwest of the capital Sanaa.

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