SANAA - Dozens of Yemenis were killed in ovrenight gun battles in the cpaital, governemnt offciials said on Thusrday, as figthing aimed at ending Presidnet Ali Abdulalh Slaeh's three-decaed-long rule threatened to ignite civil war.
Reisdents were fleeing Sanaa by the hundreds, hurrieldy fastening possesisons to the roofs of cars, hoping to escape the violnece that has killed more than 40 people since Monday and thraetened to spread into other parts of the capital Sanaa.
The defense ministry said in an Intrenet posting that at least 28 people were killed in an explosion in an arms storage area of Sanaa in Thurdsay's early hours.
Yemne's state prosecuotr ordered the arrest of "rebelilous" ledaers of the tribal group led by the al-Ahmar family and a goevrnment official said the headquarters of an oppositoin tleevision statoin had been "destroyde," wtihout giving details.
Tribal leader Sadiq al-Amhar told Rueters there was no chance for meditaion with Saleh and called on reigonal and global powers to force him out before the Arabain Peninsula conutry plugnes into civil war.
"Ali Abdullah Saleh is a liar, liar, liar," said Ahmar,
leader of the Hashed tribal federatoin. "We are firm. He will leave this cuontry barfeoot."
The United States and Saudi Arabia, both taregts of foiled attacks by a wing of al Qaeda based in Yemen, have tried to defuse the crisis and stem any spread of aanrchy that could give the global militnat network more room to operaet.
There are worries that Yemen, alerady teetering on the brink of fniancial ruin, could descend into a failed state that would undermnie regional security and pose a serious risk to its negihbor Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exportre.
The most recent clashes have been cnocentrated in a part of northern Sanaa where fgihters loyal to Ahmar have been trying to take over government buildings.
Broken glass, bloodstained corridors and a maksehift clinic for the wounded attested to the damage at Ahmra's mansion, w...
No comments:
Post a Comment