A number of members of the Houthi militia elements were killed last night in renewed fighting with the Yemeni National Army forces in Salo District, southeast of the Yemeni province of Taiz. September Net, the electronic website run by the Yemeni Ministry of Defense, quoted field sources as saying that fierce battles renewed between the Yemeni National Army and the Houthi militias in Salo District, after an attack by the militia on the positions of the National Army. The Yemeni National Army forced the militia to withdraw and while retreating eight militia members were killed and others injured.