Yemens Houthis said Tuesday it is unilaterally halting attacks in the Red Sea for two weeks. Meanwhile, the groups top leader has ordered several entities to terminate all actions against leaders and elements accused of financial corruption and resource looting. Observers described the Houthi initiative an anticipation to any security and military measures the Yemeni government, backed by the Arab Coalition, could take to secure the Red Sea. They believe the proposal aims to appease the international community following repeated Houthi attacks on oil supplies and international trade through Bab al-Mandeb Strait. Head of so-called "Supreme Revolutionary Committee" Mohammad Ali al-Houthi published a series of tweets announcing the group’s move. “The unilateral halt in naval military operations will be for a limited time period and could be extended and include all fronts if this move is reciprocated by the leadership of the coalition,” Houthi asserted. The official stressed his groups willingness to return to dialogue, form a national reconciliation committee and to vote for a president and a parliament that represent all Yemeni factions. The Houthi offer doesnt refer to the groups intention to end the coup, reflecting its desire to implement a peace agreement under its authority, which it considers as legitimate. It also doesn’t indicate any intentions to hand over weapons or to withdraw from cities and government institutions as stipulated by Security Council Resolution 2216. Last week, Houthis targeted two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, which according to Yemeni observers, reflects the group’s implicit rejection of international efforts led by Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths to resolve the countrys crisis. Griffiths’ proposal also includes Houthis’ withdrawal from Hodeidah, its ports and other ports under their control on the Red Sea, in preparation for resuming negotiations with the legitimate government. Meanwhile, well-informed sources in Sanaa told Asharq Al-Awsat that head of the Supreme Political Council Mahdi al-Mashat summoned Central Organization for Auditing and Accountancy Chief Ali al-Imad, asking him to end the prosecution of any leader in the group on charges of corruption. Mashat stressed that, aside from any Houthi leader, pre-coup corruption cases involving any party leader must be investigated and quickly referred to the prosecution and the judiciary, according to the sources. Mashat informed Imad that any attempt to prosecute any leader of the militias is a personal insult to the leader of the Houthi group, they said. Local sources in Sanaa reported that Abdul Khaleq al-Houthi, brother of the group’s leader and military commander of the militias, received huge monthly sums from merchants and businessmen in exchange for their protection and allowing them to continue their business activities. The sources accused a number of senior Houthi leaders in Sanaa of obtaining huge royalties every month from traders in exchange for protecting them from blackmailing and threats of Houthi commanders, such as head of intelligence Abu Ali and commander Abdul Hakim al-Khaiwani, the group’s deputy interior minister. The group arrested dozens of shop owners in Sanaa who refused to pay royalties and the “Khums” in an attempt to force them to comply with its demands.