New Truce to End Fighting Reached in Yemen
Yemeni government officials and rebel tribesmen have agreed to a new cease-fire brokered by Saudi Arabia.
Representatives of both sides said Saturday they will accept the plan. Just a week ago, a similar truce quickly collapsed in renewed fighting between President Ali Abdullah Saleh's forces and loyalists to an opposition tribal leader, Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar.
There are conflicting reports about President Saleh's whereabouts. Some news reports quote Yemeni officials who say the president is traveling to Saudi Arabia for treatment after he was wounded in a Friday rocket attack on the presidential compound in Sana'a. However, the country's deputy information minister denies the reports.
State media say Saleh is being treated for minor injuries from the attack at a military hospital in the capital.
Earlier Saturday, state media said the country's prime minister and at least four other high-ranking officials had traveled to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment after they were wounded in Friday's rocket attack.
Clashes continued Saturday in Sana'a, where Saleh's forces have been shelling the homes of anti-government leaders. The home base of al-Ahmar was among those targeted.
Tribal officials said 10 people were killed and 35 wounded in the government's shelling of al-Ahmar's neighborhood.
Separately, government and opposition leaders say security forces have withdrawn from the southern city of Taiz, a flashpoint of anti-government protests. The Reuters news agency quotes an opposition leader as saying looting and other unrest have been spreading in the city since the forces pulled out.
The ongoing conflict between forces loyal to Saleh and anti-government rebels has led to to fears the country may be on the brink of civil war. Saleh has three times over the past several weeks defied an accord negotiated by the Gulf Cooperation Council to would end his 33-year reign.
Nearly 400 people have been killed since the popular uprising against Saleh began in January.
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Representatives of both sides said Saturday they will accept the plan. Just a week ago, a similar truce quickly collapsed in renewed fighting between President Ali Abdullah Saleh's forces and loyalists to an opposition tribal leader, Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar.
There are conflicting reports about President Saleh's whereabouts. Some news reports quote Yemeni officials who say the president is traveling to Saudi Arabia for treatment after he was wounded in a Friday rocket attack on the presidential compound in Sana'a. However, the country's deputy information minister denies the reports.
State media say Saleh is being treated for minor injuries from the attack at a military hospital in the capital.
Earlier Saturday, state media said the country's prime minister and at least four other high-ranking officials had traveled to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment after they were wounded in Friday's rocket attack.
Clashes continued Saturday in Sana'a, where Saleh's forces have been shelling the homes of anti-government leaders. The home base of al-Ahmar was among those targeted.
Tribal officials said 10 people were killed and 35 wounded in the government's shelling of al-Ahmar's neighborhood.
Separately, government and opposition leaders say security forces have withdrawn from the southern city of Taiz, a flashpoint of anti-government protests. The Reuters news agency quotes an opposition leader as saying looting and other unrest have been spreading in the city since the forces pulled out.
The ongoing conflict between forces loyal to Saleh and anti-government rebels has led to to fears the country may be on the brink of civil war. Saleh has three times over the past several weeks defied an accord negotiated by the Gulf Cooperation Council to would end his 33-year reign.
Nearly 400 people have been killed since the popular uprising against Saleh began in January.
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