84133406 Wounded Yemeni President arrived in Saudi Arabia
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in Saudi Arabia. Aircraft on board which was Saleh, late on Saturday, June 4, landed at a military base in Riyadh, reports Reuters referring to representatives of the Saudi authorities, who requested anonymity. President of Yemen, according to their data, taken to a military hospital. Ali Abdullah Saleh on June 3 injured during the shelling of the presidential residence in the capital of Yemen – Sana'a. The Opposition has announced the death of Saleh, however, this information has not been confirmed. Shortly after the bombing of the residence of Saleh delivered a radio address, denying rumors of his death. Yemeni authorities have confirmed that Saleh has suffered as a result of shelling residential district, but did not report what the president was wounded in what state he is. Morning of 4 June it was reported that Saleh went for treatment in Saudi Arabia. First, the Yemeni authorities denied the reports, saying that President Saleh is not going to leave the country. However, the evening of 4 June, representatives of the Government of Yemen is still Saleh reaffirmed their intention to seek treatment in Saudi Arabia. Reliable information about the nature and severity of injuries Saleh is still no. Sources close to the government of Yemen, reported that the president received burns to face, head and hands, not threatening his life. According to others, who told BBC News source close to Saleh, the president of Yemen, not only suffered burns your face and head, and shrapnel wounds. One of the fragments, according to the interlocutor BBC News, who requested anonymity, Saleh fell just below the heart. According to the channel al-Jazeera, the period of absence as President Saleh of Yemen and the commander will execute vice president Abdourabou Mansour Hadi. According to the plan of peaceful settlement of the situation in Yemen, the proposal in April Cooperation Council of Arab Gulf states, Saleh proposed to transfer authority is the Vice-President Hadi. But the head of Yemen's plan, proposed by the Council, which includes Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and the UAE, has rejected. In Yemen, at the end of January 2011 began mass protests, which participants demanded the resignation of Saleh, in power for over 30 years. Saleh immediately leave his post, as required by the demonstrators refused. In late May, the situation in Yemen sharply escalated after troops loyal to Saleh tried to storm the house of tribal leader Sheikh Union Hashid Sadiq al-Ahmar. Proponents of tribal union leader not only repelled the assault, but took control of the capital of Yemen. In Sana'a and other h astyah country's clashes broke out between supporters and opponents Saleh, on the side of opponents of the president and moved some army units.
