Yemeni forces say they have killed opposition cleric Husain al-Huthi and tens of his supporters. Officials said on Friday that his death marks the end of a series of clashes over several months that have left over 200 rebels and troops dead. "We can confirm that Huthi and tens of his supporters were killed today in morning fighting," the official said. "This is the end of the rebellion," said one official. Another government source told Aljazeera that al-Huthi's body had been found after clashes with government forces. However, there has been no independent confirmation of al-Huthi's death. The government accuses al-Huthi, leader of the "Believing Youth" group and a sub-sect of Shia Islam, of setting up unlicenced religious centres and of forming an armed group which has staged violent protests against the United States and Israel. Yemen had offered a 54,000 US dollars reward for al-Huthi's capture and in June, security forces launched an operation to capture him in the mountainous Saada province, some 240 km north of the capital Sanaa. Several of the cleric's top aides were killed in July and August. **PHOTO CAPTION*** Husain al-Huthi. (Al-Jazeera)