Yemen Tribesmen Killed Amid Protests, Clashes With Army Unit

Fifteen members of Yemen’s Nihm tribe were killed in clashes with Republican Guards led by a son of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, as they tried to prevent an army regiment from reaching the capital, Sana’a, according to the opposition website al-Sahwa.

The clashes came as hundreds of thousands took to the streets in response to a call by opposition leaders for peaceful rallies today that will underscore their opposition to the kind of violence that has gripped the capital this week. In the southern city of Taiz, demonstrators -- including thousands of women -- chanted: “No to civil war. The people want the regime to fall. Our revolution is peaceful.”