Crisis in Yemen

Crisis in Yemen Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh was reportedly wounded today in a rocket attack on his compound in Sanaa. Yemeni government troops have been engaged in street fights with tribal groups loyal to Sheikh Sadeq al-Ahmar for nearly two weeks now, after al-Ahmar sided with thousands of Yemeni protesters who have been peacefully demonstrating and calling for President Saleh's ouster for nearly four months now. Government forces have opened fire on protesters many times over those months, killing and wounding dozens. Adding further complications, Islamist militants, possibly tied to Al Qaeda, are now taking advantage of the chaos and instability, and have seized control of several towns in along Yemen's south coast. Collected here are images from the past several weeks of troubled Yemen, a country that may soon be mired in a civil war. Yemen's main opposition coalition says it will accept a transfer of power to the vice-president, after President Ali Abdullah Saleh left for Saudi Arabia. Otherwise, the opposition Joint Meeting Parties said, they would seek to form a transitional government. Vice-President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi stepped in when Mr Saleh departed on Saturday for medical treatment. Mr Hadi said Mr Saleh, who was wounded last week in an attack on his compound in Sanaa, would return within days.. Saudi Arabia said it would continue to encourage parties to accept the deal, according to the country's state media. Thousands of people have been celebrating Mr Saleh's departure. However, there are mounting fears for the stability of the country, which is home to an al-Qaeda wing and riven with tribal and political divisions.

Yemeni pro-opposition soldiers join anti-government protesters in Sanaa on Sunday, June 5, to celebrate what they said was the fall of Yemen's regime after embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh, wounded in a blast, left the country for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. Ahmad Gharabli / AFP - Getty Images

A man, wounded during clashes between security forces and tribesmen loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashed tribe, lies in a hospital bed in Sanaa Saturday, June 4. Thousands fled Sanaa on Saturday a day after President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded in an attack on his compound that marked a new stage in fighting which has brought Yemen closer to civil war. Ammar Awad / Reuters

People ride in a vehicle with their belongings as they flee fighting in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, June 4. - Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

An army soldier keeps watch over a rally to demand the ouster of President Saleh in Sanaa, on June 3, 2011. (Reuters/Ammar Awad)

Relatives and friends of tribesmen loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, who were killed in clashes with Yemeni security forces carry their bodies during their funeral procession in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday, June 3. Tens of thousands of Yemenis held a mass funeral Friday for 50 people killed in regime-sponsored violence in the capital-Hani Mohammed / AP

Anti-government protesters take part in a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on June 3. Ammar Awad / Reuters

Yemeni soldiers flash the victory sign as they join anti-government protesters demanding the departing from office of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on June 2. - Yahya Arhab / EPA

Fire and smoke erupts during clashes between tribesmen loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, and Yemeni security forces in Sanaa, Yemen, late Thursday, June 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammed Hamoud)

An injured tribesman loyal to leader Shiekh Sadiq al-Ahmar is carried to a field hospital after clashes with police forces outside al-Ahmar's house in Sanaa on June 1. -Ammar Awad / Reuters

In this photo taken through a window, Yemeni security forces take position in a street next to the house of opposition leader al-Ahmar on May 31 - Hani Mohammed / AP

Anti-government protesters who gathered to demonstrate in Taiz on May 31, run after soldiers opened fire to disperse them. Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

In this photo taken through a window, armored vehicles of Yemeni security forces, take position in a street next to the house of Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, during clashes with tribesmen loyal to him, in Sanaa, on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Heavy fighting resumed Tuesday in Yemen's capital between government troops and followers of the country's most powerful tribal leader, ending a brief cease-fire and again raising the prospect that Yemen's political crisis could veer into civil war. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Anti-government protesters run after soldiers opened fire to disperse them as they began gathering for a demonstration to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Saleh in the southern city of Taiz, on May 31, 2011. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Yemeni anti-regime mourners pray in front of the body of a fighter loyal to opposition tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, who was killed in clashes with Yemeni government security forces, during his funeral in Sanaa on May 30, two days after a truce between the warring parties was called. - Gharabli Ahmad Gharabli / AFP - Getty Images

A view of the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, is seen on Sunday, May 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

People ride a vehicle with their belongings as they flee clashes in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on May 29, 2011. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

An anti-government protester carries a wounded colleague after clashes with police in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz, Sunday, May 29. - Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

Police use water cannons to disperse anti-government protesters during clashes with police in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz, on May 29, 2011. Yemeni security forces opened fire on protesters in the southern city of Taiz on Sunday, killing four and wounding 90, hospital sources said. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

A Yemeni boy, right, gestures as he and others wait to collect water at a water point, as the city suffers from a shortage of water, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, May 28. - Saif Abduallah / AP

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP - Getty Images A tribesman loyal to Yemeni opposition tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar holds a rifle as he guards a street near the latter's house in Sanaa on May 28, as a truce between his fighters and security forces went into effect.

Men loyal to tribal leader Sadiq al-Ahmar, stand near a fragment from a projectile fired during clashes this week, in Sanaa, on May 28, 2011. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

A tribesman loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, stands next to a wall damaged following clashes with Yemeni security forces, next to al-Ahmar's house, in Sanaa, on Saturday, May 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on May 27. Yemeni tribesmen said they wrested a military compound from elite troops loyal to Saleh outside the capital as increased fighting threatened to tip the country into civil war. - Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

Defecting army soldiers shout slogans as they take part in a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Saleh in Sanaa, on May 27, 2011. (Reuters/Ammar Awad)

Yemeni soldiers who joined sides with anti-regime protesters ride on a military vehicle and drive through the streets of Sanaa. Ahmad Gharabli / AFP - Getty Images

The head of the powerful Hashid tribe, Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, center, surrounded by guards, looks on while attending the funerals of tribesmen who were killed in clashes with security forces, in Sanaa on May 27. Yemen's president ordered the arrest of al-Ahmar and his family members after al-Ahmar called for Saleh to quit. - Hani Mohammed / AP

Yahya Arhab / EPA A Yemeni anti-government protester holds a banner during a demonstration demanding the departure of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Friday, May 27, 2011, in Sana'a, Yemen.

A Yemeni army soldier is lifted by anti-government protesters during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Saleh, in Sanaa, on Friday, May 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

A girl sits in the back of a vehicle loaded with her family's belongings as they evacuate their house due to clashes between tribesmen and security forces in Sanaa on May 26. - Mohammed Al-sayaghi / AP

A medic treats a wounded tribesman at a hospital following clashes with security forces in Sanaa on May 26.-Yahya Arhab / EPA

Fighters loyal to Sadeq al-Ahmar inspect the area around his family home in the al-Hasaba neighborhood of north Sanaa on May 26, following shelling targeting Ahmar's house. - Mohammed Huwais / AFP - Getty Images

A tribesman loyal to tribal leader al-Ahmar takes up position during clashes outside his house in Sanaa on May 26. Dozens were killed in overnight gun battles in the capital, as fighting aimed at ending Saleh's three-decade-long rule threatened to ignite civil war. Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

Black smoke ascends in the vicinity of the Interior Ministry building in Sanaa on May 25. (AP photos)

President Ali Abdullah Saleh attends an interview with selected media in Sanaa on May 25. Saleh issued messages of hard-line defiance Wednesday even as intense battles raged in the heart of the capital for a third day, saying he will not step down or allow the country to become a "failed state." - Mohammed Hamoud / AP

A soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in Sanaa on May 25. - Mohammed Al-Sayaghi / AP

An injured man loyal to tribal leader Shiekh Sadiq al-Ahmar, is brought to a local hospital after clashes with police outside al-Ahmar's house on May 24. Shelling in Yemen's capital killed five supporters of the powerful opposition chieftain who heads the Hashid tribal federation, Yemen's largest and a former crucial source of Saleh's power who is now supporting the opposition. Mohammed Huwais / AFP - Getty Images

Tribesmen take positions next to the house of Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, during clashes with Yemeni security forces in Sanaa, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Fighters for Yemen's largest tribe sealed off key government buildings and barricaded streets in the heart of the capital Tuesday as the revolt against President Ali Abdullah Saleh sharply escalated after militiamen turned their guns against government forces. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters Anti-government protesters mourn during the funeral of Majed Al-Ghrghzi, 24, who was killed last Wednesday during clashes with the police, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday, May 13.

Smoke rises during clashes between police forces and armed tribesmen loyal to tribal leader Shiekh Sadiq al-Ahmar near his house in Sanaa, on May 24, 2011. (Reuters/Stringer)

Anti-government protestors show the "thumbs-down" as they demand the resignation of President Saleh in Sanaa on May 23. Mohammed Huwais / AFP - Getty Images

A wounded man lying in a hospital bed is checked by a nurse after being injured in clashes with Yemeni security forces in Sanaa, on Monday, May 23, 2011. Buildings in Sanaa were blasted and government offices set on fire in an eruption of violence after President Ali Abdullah Saleh refused to sign an agreement calling on him to step down. (AP Photo

Anti-government protesters hold up their national flag during a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of Yemen's reunification, in Sanaa, May 22. - Hani Mohammed / AP

A defecting soldier waves during a celebration by anti-government protesters commemorating the anniversary of Yemen's reunification in Sanaa on May 22. - Ammar Awad / Reuters

Defecting soldiers march during a parade at a celebration by anti-government protesters commemorating the anniversary of Yemen's reunification in Sanaa May 22. - Ammar Awad / Reuters

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh waves to pro-government supporters during a rally in Sanaa, May 20. Yemen's entrenched leader called for early elections in a speech, although he gave no details on when or how the election would take place. Ammar Awad / Reuters

Anti-government protesters are carried by a bulldozer during a demonstration to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Saleh in Damt town of the southern Dhalea province, on May 20, 2011. (Reuters/Stringer)

Two Yemeni anti-government protesters with the colors of the national flag painted on their faces shout slogans during a demonstration in Sana'a, May 19. - Yahya Arhab / EPA

Yemeni medics shout slogans as they join anti-government protesters during a demonstration demanding the ousting of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on Wednesday, May 18. - Yahya Arhab / EPA

Army soldiers chew qat, a mild stimulant, as they stand in line to block a women's demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Taiz on May 17. - Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

7 An effigy of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh hangs from a street lamp, placed by a protester in Sanaa, on May 17, 2011. (Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah)

A Yemeni youth jumps over a burning tire set on fire by protesters during a demonstration in Taiz on May 16 -Anees Mahyoub / AP

A child stands in front of anti-government protesters as they pray during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa on May 16. - Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

A picture distributed by the press office of Yemen's Zaidi rebels, shows residents of the southwestern province of Saada holding up placards calling for the ouster of President Saleh on May 16. The previous day, a Gulf mediator met with the embattled president in a new bid to resolve Yemen's political crisis despite scepticism from the opposition and as violence raged across the country. Al-Huthi rebels via AFP - Getty Images

Anti-government protesters march past burning tires during a demonstration against President Saleh in the southern city of Taiz on May 16. - Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

An anti-government protester sprays water at army soldiers to cool them off from the heat at a barrier blocking demonstrators demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Taiz on May 16. - Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

Anti-government protestors gesture during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Saleh in Sanaa on May 14. Hani Mohammed / AP

Anti-government protesters attend a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday, May 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammed Hamoud)

Yemeni protesters perform Friday noon prayers during a rally against President Saleh in the streets of Ibb, on May 13, 2011, 190 km southwest of Sanaa, before the elite Republican Guards opened fire on the anti-regime protesters killing at least three people. (AFP/Getty Images)

Supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh attend a rally in Sanaa on May 13. - Hani Mohammed / AP

A supporter of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh wearing sunglasses painted with the slogan "Don't leave Ali" takes part in a pro-regime rally in Sanaa on May 13. - Mohammed Huwais / AFP - Getty Images

An army soldier fires his weapon to disperse anti-goverernment protesters who set up blockades during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz on May 12. Government forces fired machine guns on Thursday to halt a protest against Yemen's entrenched president, wounding dozens. - Anees Mahyoub / AP

A wounded Yemeni anti-government protester receives treatment at a makeshift field hospital following clashes with Yemeni security forces during a demonstration calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen on May 11. Mohammed Huwais / AFP - Getty Images

A Yemeni anti-government protester wearing a gas mask takes part in a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, May 11, before security forces and plainclothes gunmen opened fire at thousands marching in the capital. - Mohammed Huwais / AFP - Getty Images

An anti-government protester holds a flower as she attends a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on May 11. - Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

A Yemeni army soldier gestures to anti-government protestors attending a rally demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Taiz, Yemen on May 11. Yemeni security forces, including snipers, opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters marching to the Cabinet building, killing one and injuring at least 40, medical officials and protesters said. - Yemen Lens / AP

An anti-government protester displays spent bullet casings during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Taiz, Yemen on May 11 Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters An anti-government protester demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh helps a fellow protester who was wounded during clashes with police in Sanaa on Wednesday, May 11.

Anti-government protesters chew qat as they stand with their daggers during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on May 10. - Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

Yemeni soldiers search a man at a checkpoint near an anti-government rally in Sanaa, Yemen on May 10. Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

Anti-government protesters block the road during clashes with Yemeni security forces in Taiz, Yemen, Monday, May 9, 2011. Witnesses and medics said Yemeni security forces opened fire on protesters in a flashpoint city in the country's south in a bid to break up a day-old sit-in, killing two protesters. (AP Photo/Yemen Lens)

Protesters remove a poster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh from the roof of a market during a protest in the southern city of Taiz on May 8. - Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

Army soldiers, who joined anti-government protesters, ride a military vehicle during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President in Sanaa, Yemen on May 6. Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets both for and against President Saleh on May 6, a day after Gulf efforts to revive a plan for him to leave power were stymied by conditions attached by his party. Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

Anti-government protesters raise their hands during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa May 6, 2011. Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets both for and against Saleh on Friday, a day after Gulf efforts to revive a plan for him to leave power were stymied by conditions attached by his party. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

emeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, center, surrounded by guards, walks toward his supporters during a rally in Sanaa, Yemen on May 6. - Hani Mohammed / AP

Yemenis hold empty jerry cans at a petrol station amid a fuel shortage in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on May 5, as the country undergoes nationwide anti-regime protests. - Gamal Noman / AFP - Getty Images

Anti-government protestors watch a news report about the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, in a tent at the site of a demonstration in Sanaa, Yemen on May 2. Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 terror attacks, was slain in his hideout in Pakistan in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a decade. Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Hani Mohammed / AP A wounded anti-government protester is brought to a field hospital during clashes with Yemeni security forces in Sanaa on Wednesday. Yemeni security forces, including snipers, opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters marching to the Cabinet building on Wednesday.

Yahya Arhab / EPA - Yemeni anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the ousting of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa on Wednesday. According to media sources, protesters Wedneday seized various government offices, including a police station, in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz, reported a witness as anti-government protests continue in the country.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters A boy jumps over a burning tyre during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz on Wednesday.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters Anti-government protesters watch as fellow protesters ride motorcycles during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz, on Monday, May 2. Yemeni activists urged street protesters on Monday not to raise banners of Osama bin Laden to avoid inviting a harsher crackdown on demonstrations seeking democratic change in the al Qaida leader's ancestral homeland.

An anti-government protester holds up a scarf reading, in Arabic, "My country, I love you my country", during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, May 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A relative of Ahmad Saleh, who was wounded last Wednesday in clashes with Yemeni security forces and died of his wounds on Saturday, reacts during his funeral procession at the site of a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Saleh, in Sanaa, on Sunday, May 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mohammed Huwais / AFP - Getty Images A wounded anti-government protester receives treatment at a makeshift field hospital during clashes with Yemeni security forces in Sanaa late on April 27 in which at least 12 people were killed.

Hani Mohammed / AP - Female anti-government protestors link arms during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen on April 27. Witnesses said at least 18 Yemeni cities and towns have heeded an opposition call for a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience to bring down the long-serving president.

Medics gather next to the bodies of two killed anti-government protesters at a field hospital following clashes with security forces in Sanaa on April 27. - Yahya Arhab / EPA

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters Police use a water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz on April 25.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters Anti-government protesters carry a fellow protester wounded during clashes with police during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz on April 25.

Backdropped by a Yemeni flag, a female anti-government protester, during a demonstration demanding the resignation of of President Saleh, in Sanaa, on Sunday, April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Muhammed Muheisen / AP -A yemeni boy displays his body painted with the colours of his national flag during a rally in support of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa,on Friday, April 22. Opponents and supporters of Yemen's embattled president are marching in cities and towns across the country in rival rallies. The writing on his body reads " I love you Ali...He will not leave, with our souls and blood... He will not leave".

Yemeni security forces arrest a man during anti-regime demonstrations in Taiz, the second most-populated city of Yemen, south of Sanaa, on April 20, 2011, as the Yemeni opposition called for mass protests after deadly confrontations with police. (AFP/Getty Images)

An anti-government protestor reacts during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Saleh in Sanaa on April 20. Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Anti-government protesters hold a picture of President Ali Abdullah Saleh depicting him as a pirate during a demonstration calling for his ouster in Sanaa on April 20. - Mohammed Huwais / AFP - Getty Images

An anti-government protestor, holding an umbrella to shelter from the sun, stands by a field hospital in Sanaa on April 18. Mohammed Huwais / AFP - Getty Images

A protester walks past a burning vehicle during a protest strike paralyzing the southern Yemeni city of Aden, on April 9, 2011, as protesters kept up the heat on President Saleh to step down. (AFP/Getty Images)

Soldiers push back anti-government protestors attending a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Saleh in Taiz on April 9. - Yemen Lens via AP

An anti-government protester, center, wearing a red scarf, looks up while praying with other women during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen

An injured anti-government protestor looks on after being treated in a field hospital during clashes in Sanaa on April 5. Tribesmen loyal to Yemen's embattled president on Tuesday clashed with a group of soldiers whose commander has sided with the opposition, and the fighting in a suburb of the capital Sanaa left three tribesmen dead, according to tribal elders and military officials. Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Mohammed Huweiss/ AFP - Getty Images -Anti-government demonstraters carry a wounded protestor to a field hospital during clashes in Sanaa on April 5, as two dissident soldiers and three other people were killed in a firefight between troops and tribesmen close to President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Five people were shot dead and four wounded in the clash near a square where anti-regime protesters have been staging a sit-in for the past two months.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP An anti-government protestor displays bullet shells during clashes in Sanaa,Yemen on Tuesday, April 5. Opposition parties in Yemen have urged the international community, regional powers and human rights groups to help stop the bloodshed in their country.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP An injured anti-government protestor reacts from pain as he carried by other demonstrators to a field hospital during clashes in Sanaa,Yemen.

An anti-government protestor is driven away on the back of a moped on the second day of clashes in the southwestern city of Taiz as demonstrators demand the ouster of embattled President Saleh on April 4. Yemeni security forces shot dead 15 anti-regime demonstrators and wounded scores more, medics said, in the march on the governorate headquarters. - AFP - Getty Images

Muhammed Muheisen / AP A Yemeni boy prays with female anti-government protestors during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, April 4.

People gather in a street of Taiz, south of Yemen's capital Sanaa, on April 4, 2011 after Yemeni security forces shot dead 17 anti-regime demonstrators and wounded scores more, on the second day of lethal clashes in the city. (AFP/Getty Images)

Demonstrators are given medical aid as they rest in a mosque following clashes with the police during a protest against President Saleh in Taiz on April 3. - AFP - Getty ImageS

Yemeni anti-government protesters tear apart and devour a loaf of bread as others shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on on April 2, 2011. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)

President Ali Abdullah Saleh attends the rally backing his administration in Sanaa on April 1. – EPA

Hani Mohammed / AP - Supporters of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh climb poles during a rally supporting Saleh in Sanaa,Yemen, Friday, April 1, 2011. Many thousands of Yemenis have packed a main square in the capital and are on the march elsewhere across the nation, demanding the country's ruler of 32 years step down.

Hundreds of thousands staged a counterdemonstration against President Saleh in Sanaa on April 1. Muhammed Muheisen / AP

An antigovernment protestor, his face painted with the colors of Yemen's national flag, joins other protesters in Sanaa on April 1. The Arabic writing on his face reads, "Leave". Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Tens of thousands of Yemenis take to the streets on March 31, 2011 in the town of Ibb, 190 km southwest of Sanaa, calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (AFP/Getty Images)

Anti-government protestors embrace and kiss Yemeni army officers who joined a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Saleh in Sanaa on March 31 - Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Muhammed Muheisen / AP Anti-government protesters react during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa on Wednesday, March 30.

An anti-government protestor flashes the victory sign while chanting slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Reuters TV Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks to his supporters in Sanaa on Friday, March 25. Saleh said he was ready to cede power to stop more bloodshed in Yemen but only to what he called "safe hands." Tens of thousands rallied against him in "Day of Departure" protests

Ammar Awad / Reuters Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University on March 25, 2011. Saleh said on Friday he was ready to cede power to prevent more bloodshed in Yemen but only to what he called "safe hands" as a massive "Day of Departure" street protest against him began

Supporters of President Saleh gather atop a traffic billboard during a pro-government rally in Sanaa on March 25. - Hani Mohammed / AP

Anti-government protesters carry the bodies of Mohammed Ahmed, bottom, and Mujahed Abdul Haq, who were killed a week earlier in clashes with Yemeni security forces, during their funeral procession in Sanaa on March 25. - Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Members of Yemen's parliament raise their hands as they vote in favor of the state of emergency declared by President Ali Abdullah Saleh last week in Sanaa on March 23. - Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

A Yemeni army soldier is kissed by a demonstrator after receiving flowers while standing guard to protect anti-government protesters during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Saleh in Sanaa on March 23. - Ammar Awad / Reuters

Anti-government protesters perform prayers inside their tent during a sit-in to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on March 21. - Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

Yemeni army officers join anti-government protestors demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa on March 21. Three Yemeni army commanders, including a top general, defected Monday to the opposition calling for an end to President Saleh's rule, as army tanks and armored vehicles deployed in support of thousands protesting in the capital. With the defection, it appeared Saleh's support was eroding from every power base in the nation -- his own tribe called on him to step down. He fired his entire Cabinet ahead of what one government official said was a planned mass resignation, and his ambassador to the U.N. and human rights minister quit. - Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Mourners pray during the funeral of anti-government protesters in Sanaa on Sunday, March 20. Snipers killed 52 protesters at Sanaa University after Friday prayers. Following the shootings, a state of emergency was declared for 30 days that restricts freedom of movement and the right to gather and gives police more powers to make arrests. - Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

An anti-government protester chants during the Sunday, March 20, funeral procession for the demonstrators killed on Friday in Sanaa. - Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Yemeni anti-government protesters carry away a wounded youth in Sanaa on March 18 after pro-regime loyalists and police opened fire on them. - Ahmad Gharabli / AFP - Getty Images

Wounded anti-government protesters lay on the ground as they received medical help at a field hospital during clashes with security forces in Sanaa on March 18. Yemeni security forces fired from rooftops at protesters as some tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators gathered in central Sanaa. - Muhammed Muheisen / AP

An anti-government protester wearing a helmet and swimming goggles shouts slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on March 18. - Muhammed Muheisen / AP

A Yemeni boy, center, holding his national flag, stands between anti-government protesters attending Friday prayers during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Saleh, in Sanaa, on March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters - Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh waves to supporters gathered in a soccer stadium in Sanaa where he delivered a speech on March 10. Saleh, hoping to defuse increasingly violent protests against his 32-year rule, said on Thursday he would draw up a new constitution to create a parliamentary system of government.

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of al-Habileen on March 10.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP -An anti-government protestor looks on while taking part in a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on March 10.

Yemeni soldiers who were wounded during clashes with anti-regime protesters the night before, rest at a hospital in the capital Sanaa on March 9. - Gamal Noman / AFP - Getty Images

Women flash the victory sign during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University on March 8. Students at Sanaa University have been sleeping on campus since mid-February, shortly after the start of the protests calling on Saleh to step down. - Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

Muhammed Muheisen / AP An anti-government protestor reacts as he and other demonstrators shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen on March 1.

An anti-government protester with a Yemeni flag painted on his face attends a demonstration in Sanaa on Feb. 28. Yahya Arhab / EPA

An elderly anti-government protester holds up his dagger during a demonstration in Sanaa on Feb. 27. - Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Protesters hold up pieces of bread with the word "Leave!" on them during an anti-government rally outside Sanaa University on Feb. 26. - Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

An anti-government protester shouts slogans during a demonstration in Sanaa on Feb. 26. - Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Yemeni anti-government protesters attend Friday prayers and protest in Sanaa on Feb. 25. - Yahya Arhab / EPA

A protester holds up a picture of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh as he shouts slogans during an anti-government rally outside Sanaa University on Feb. 24. - Ammar Awad / Reuters

Yemeni anti-government protesters take part in a demonstration calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on Feb. 23. - Ahmad Gharabli / AFP - Getty Images

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters An anti-government protester shouts slogans during a protest outside Sanaa University on Feb. 22.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP -Yemeni anti-government demonstrators shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen on Feb. 21. Yemen's president rejected demands that he step down and said Monday that the widespread demonstrations against his regime were unacceptable acts of provocation, though he renewed calls for talks with the protesters. Placards in the background read in Arabic "Leave".

Muhammed Muheisen / AP An elderly Yemeni anti-government demonstrator reacts during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen on Feb. 21.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP - Getty Images Regime loyalists throw stones towards anti-government protesters during clashes in central Sanaa on Feb. 17.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP - Getty Images Anti-government protesters throw stones towards regime loyalists during clashes in central Sanaa on Feb. 17.

Hani Mohammed / AP A man holds up a bank note in the local currency as a symbol of poverty during a demonstration against the government in Sanaa, Yemen on Feb. 3.

Hani Mohammed / AP - A supporter of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh peers from behind a tree raising his portrait during a rally in support of Saleh and his government in Sanaa, Yemen on Feb. 3, 2011. His banner reads in Arabic "Together in support of the democratic system".

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters - An opposition supporter with pieces of bread taped onto his head shouts slogans during an anti-government protest in Sanaa on February 3, 2011.

Reuters Protesters march during an anti-government demonstration in Radfan, a district in the southern Yemeni province of Lahej, Jan. 27.

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Crisis in Yemen

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