SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni security officials say hundreds of Islamic militants have seized control of a southern city, killing eight policemen and two civilians in gunfights.
The men took over two banks in Zinjibar as well as the city’s tax bureau and two security offices.
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Tribal chief brings power and wealth to bear in struggle to oust Yemen’s president
By Associated Press, Updated: Saturday, May 28, 3:24 AM
SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s most prominent tribal leader has now become the most dangerous opponent to the country’s beleaguered president, with the wealth, power and weapons to do what protesters and international mediators could not: put Ali Abdullah Saleh in a corner.
Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar has taken on the mantle of leader of the movement to oust Saleh, his onetime ally, after 32 years in power. Al-Ahmar’s abandoning of Saleh two months ago was a heavy blow, but he’s become even more of a threat now, with his tribal fighters battling Saleh’s security forces in the streets of the capital. (Read more>>>)
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Yemen on brink of civil war as clashes spread
SANAA | Fri May 27, 2011 3:09pm EDT
(Reuters) - Yemeni tribesmen said they wrested a military compound from elite troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside the capital Sanaa on Friday as fighting spread, threatening to tip the country into civil war.
Yemeni fighter jets broke the sound barrier as they swooped over Sanaa, where battles between Saleh loyalists and the Hashed tribal alliance led by Sadeq al-Ahmar erupted this week after failure of a deal to ease the president out.Read more>>>
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Yemen tribesman: 19 killed in fight for military posts
May 27 (Reuters) - Yemeni tribesmen said fierce fighting to control three military posts killed 19 and wounded dozens in a region south of Sanaa on Friday, as clashes threatening to spark civil war spread outside the capital.
"There had been some skirmishes between the tribesmen supporting the youth revolution from time to time, but today it became a big armed confrontation," Sheikh Hamid Asim, a tribal leader from the Nahm region, said. He had earlier said tribesmen had seized one military post and were battling for two others.
Yemen's state television channel, citing a military source, denied reports that some military posts had been seized. (Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Writing by Erika Solomon; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)
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G8 says Yemen leader must quit, as agreed
DEAUVILLE, France | Fri May 27, 2011 3:57am EDT
May 27 (Reuters) - The Group of Eight leaders condemned violence by Yemeni forces against peaceful protesters and called on President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Friday to stick to his commitment to end his 33-year rule.
"We condemn the use of violence in response to peaceful protest throughout Yemen," the G8 leaders said in a communique to be released after a two-day summit in France.
"We urge President Saleh to immediately follow through on his commitments and ensure that the legitimate aspirations of the Yemeni people are addressed," the group added in a statement, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters.
The leaders called for "a peaceful and orderly transition". (Reporting by
Luke Baker, editing by Alastair Macdonald)
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Sanaa is now a capital divided between entrenched enemies
SANAA | Fri May 27, 2011 2:08am EDT
(Reuters) - Like a Beirut, Belfast or Berlin of old, Sanaa is now a capital divided between entrenched and bitter enemies.
South Sanaa is under the control of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's security forces, and the north is mainly controlled by General Ali al-Mohsen al-Ahmar, one of Yemen's most powerful military leaders who defected in March to protesters demanding the end of Saleh's nearly 33-year-old rule.
Heavily armed soldiers behind barricades, sandbags and checkpoints separate the two sides as they continue a week-long battle that may decide the future of >>> Read more >>
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RT: US evacuates embassy in Yemen
The US State Department has called on non-operational personnel at the American embassy in the Yemeni capital Sana’a and their family members to leave the country because of the deteriorating security situation in the country. Public unrest in Yemen began in February aimed at toppling President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has been ruling the country for the last 30 years. Three months of protests have left over 140 people dead.
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Blast at weapons storage facility in Yemen kills 28
At least 28 people have been killed after an explosion rocked a weapons storage facility in theYemeni capital Sanaa, Yemen’s Defense Ministry said. The explosion took place not far from the neighborhood where the forces of embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh have clashed with tribesmen for four straight days. The opposition claims the latest deaths were caused by heavy shelling of a residential area in Sanaa by government troops. Yemen has descended into violence after a massive uprising against Saleh’s three-decade-long rule erupted in February. Civil war now looms in the impoverished Arab nation as fighting between the sides continues.
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Yemeni jets bomb opposition tribal forces
From Mohammed Jamjoom, CNN
May 27, 2011 -- Updated 1834 GMT (0234 HKT)
(CNN) -- In an escalation of Yemen's crisis, air force combat jets bombed tribal forces opposed to embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a senior defense official said.
At least seven air force bombers were deployed east of Sanaa to the district of Nehm, where two military compounds had been overtaken earlier by tribal fighters, said the official, who was not identified because he is not authorized to speak to the media.
Ahmed Soufi, a senior advisor to Saleh, said 18 people were killed in the fighting. >>>Read more >>>
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Friday prayers expected to aggravate conflict
Further protests are expected in Yemen following Friday prayers, after at least 40 people were killed in clashes in the capital Sanaa Thursday over President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33-year-long rule, as the country sits on the brinks of civil war.>>>Read more>>>
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27 May 2011 Last updated at 11:41 GMT
Yemeni government forces have carried out air strikes against tribal forces opposed to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, tribesmen say.
They said air force planes struck an area in Naham province, outside the capital, Sanaa, leaving an unknown number of dead and injured.
Government and tribal forces have been battling each other for days.
Supporters of the government and the opposition have both called for large demonstrations later on Friday>>>Read more>>>
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Reports from Yemen say that government planes have bombed armed tribesmen who had seized an area outside the capital Sanaa.
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British nationals in Yemen are being urged to leave the country immediately following clashes between government forces and tribal fighters in the capital.
The Foreign Secretary William Hague said he could not stress the need to leave Yemen too strongly.
More than 100 people have been killed in four days of violence.
Guardian journalist Tom Finn spoke to the BBC from the capital Sanaa and said that the clashes were beginning to die down
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27 May 2011 Last updated at 11:25 GMT
Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been clinging to power amid widespread popular protests against his rule, a string of defections, and a power struggle with a rival family. Here's a look at some of the key players involved. >>>Read more>>>
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