Yemen Capital Hit by Blasts, Gunfire as Troops, Tribesmen Clash
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Explosions and gunfire were heard in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, as troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh clashed with supporters of Skeikh Sadeq al-Ahmar, leader of the country’s most powerful tribal confederation.
The fighting today in the Hasaba district, involving tribesmen from the Hashid group, followed the arrival yesterday in the area of reinforcements for the government’s Republican Guard and the security forces. Clashes that erupted in the district in May were stopped after mediation of neighboring Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah.