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Defense News - Yemen |
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Tuesday,
March 22, 2011, 07:17 PM |
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new conflict in the Middle-East, with the threat of a civil
war in Yemen. |
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The
disputed president Ali Abdallah Saleh warned Tuesday March
22, 2011, against the risks of a civil war in Yemen, tanks
of rival units are deployed in strategic points of the capital
Sanaa.
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Yemeni army's armoured personnel carriers M113 and soldiers
are deployed
in the capital Sanaa
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Top diplomatic
and tribal allies of Ali Abdullah Saleh are also deserting
him in droves but it is the military defections that are
making most headlines.
Powerful
general Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar went on television on Monday
to declare his and his unit’s support for what he
called “the youths’ revolution” and its
demands.
With
tanks deployed at strategic points in the capital Sanaa,
Yemen’s defence minister was quick to insist the army
was standing by Saleh.
But, despite meeting loyalists, the president
is more isolated than ever.
He sacked his cabinet after anti-government
protests on Friday ended in dozens of deaths. Now Yemen’s
UN representative has resigned, becoming the latest in
a string of the country’s ambassadors to defect
over the killings.
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