Sanaa, April 13: Seven people, including four security personnel were killed in Yemen as the country came close to a civil war with rival army factions clashing in the capital today and thousands of pro-democracy protesters rallying across the restive nation to demand the ouster of its US-backed President.
Pro-democracy protests continue to rock across Yemen to put pressure on long time President Ali Abdullah Saleh to quit after 32-years of power.
Yemenese capital witnessed clashes between Saleh’s Republican Guards and forces loyal to Gen Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, who has defected to the opposition, with Saleh continuing to hold on, despite mounting national and international pressure for him to step down.
Mohsen, a kinsman of Saleh who has thrown his weight behind the opposition and whose military units are protecting protesters in Sanaa, has welcomed a mediation proposal by the six-nation Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) to end the unrest.
-Agencies