For the second day in a row, Houthis suppressed an angry demonstration in Sanaa where hundreds protested the group's fabrication of domestic gas crisis and causing the price to rise to a record level.
Meanwhile, tribal mediators in Dhamar province succeeded in persuading the militias to release two journalists, two years after their abduction.
In addition, sources in Sanaa revealed that Houthis are planning to change street names to other sectarian names of the pro-Iranian group.
Militias' security forces suppressed the protests of hundreds in Kaa al-Olafi neighborhood against shortage of cooking gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the price of the cylinder hiked to about 10 times the price sold in Maerib, which is controlled by legitimacy.
Eyewitnesses told Asharq Al-Awsat that security forces loyal to Houthis suppressed and dispersed the protesters, with a large number of armed Houthi gunmen dressed in civilian uniforms among the protesters in case of any violent developments.
Earlier, a similar demonstration took place in Sanaa and a number of protesters were detained after the militia used live bullets to frighten and disperse the participants.
People queued before shops that sell bread, as many Sanaa residents resorted to using firewood, paper and plastic wastes for fire to cook food in primitive ways.
Houthis claim they are pressuring the gas companies to reduce their prices, however, citizens question the group's apparent intentions, accusing it of creating the crisis by doubling its gains on the black market, especially since most of the fuel and domestic gas traders are members and leaders of the group.
In an official meeting on Sunday, the unrecognized government of the Houthi coup decided to import gas from outside Yemen instead of bringing it from Maerib governorate, where the legitimate government controls oil and gas wells and stations.
The militias aim to prolong the crisis they have created, and allow traders to monopolize the import of gas with prices they impose, in coordination with the group's senior leaders who share the profits, according to observers.
"If the militias did not allow the supply of locally produced gas in Yemen at a reasonable price, how would they allow it to be provided it at a cheap price when it is imported?" some Yemeni activists wondered.
Government officials in Sanaa revealed that Houthis plan to distribute state-owned land to their leaders and tribal leaders loyal to them, especially members from its main stronghold in Saada province.
The sources, who spoke to Asharq al-Awsat on condition of anonymity, said that part of the group's plan is to rename streets in Sanaa with sectarian and racial names to commemorate its dead leaders.
The sources indicated that the new streets' names will include Iranian cities and figures and some of Lebanese Hezbollah.
Head of militia coup council, Saleh al-Samad, met on Sunday with the chairman of the General Authority for Land, Survey and Urban Planning in Sanaa, where Houthis are probably seeking to change the cultural and demographic identity in the city.
Houthis' Saba news agency reported that Samad reviewed the plans and programs of the authority and its directives in preparing and updating the general plans of the main cities as well as its projects in naming and numbering streets in the main cities.
Meanwhile, local media sources in Dhamar, south Sanaa, said that Houthi militias released two journalists on Sunday after two years of detention in their prisons.
The sources said that journalists Abdullah al-Munifi and Hussein al-Issi returned to their homes more than two years after being kidnapped by Houthis, and revealed that their release came after strenuous efforts of tribal mediators and continuous follow-up by their families.
According to Yemeni rights reports, Houthis still detain dozens of journalists and activists in their detention camps, with some remaining in prison for three years.