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| Amid Saudi-Sponsored Ceasefire, Four Dead in Fresh Fighting in Yemen Capital | |
| 2011-09-18 | |
Sources quoted residents in the district, which was the scene of deadly battles between the tribal fighters and the army months ago, as saying that the elite republican guard heavily shelled some targets in Al-Hasaba including the house of sheikh Sadeq Al-Ahmer. Ahmed President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower... , the eldest son of President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... who is convalescing in Soddy Arabia after a June liquidation attempt, is the commander of the elite republican guard. Various weapons were used, with two rockets landing at the house killing two guards of Al-Ahmer and two civilians and injuring several others, one seriously, the website reported. It also quoted a military source as saying that the rockets were fired from elite republican guard posts in Noqom Mountain east Sana'a and Asser district south Sana'a. The military source said the tribal fighters loyal to sheikh Al-Ahmer did not respond to the attacks amid a tentative Saudi-sponsored ceasefire that ended the battles between both sides in June. Sporadic battles have erupted since the ceasefire was reached after the fighters from both sides refused to leave their positions amid escalating protests seeking the ouster of the regime and trying military commanders including Saleh's son. Hundreds of soldiers and rustics were killed and injured in the May-June battles. During the battles, rustics from Hashid tribes and their allies flooded into the capital to fight the army and take over public offices in Al-Hasaba. Major kabooms were heard at night in Al-Hasaba and activists said a rocket landed near Sana'a University where the change square is located. Tens of thousands of Yemeni people have been conducting a sit-in in the square to call for the ouster of the regime. Separately, the army continued its operations in Arhab district on the outskirts of the capital Sana'a, conducting many air raids. The forces have been fighting rustics in the district and nearby areas for months as the locals continue to resist the attempts of the elite republican guard to occupy lands and build camps within preparations for possible military collision between the pro and anti-regime forces. | |
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