However, cracks would soon emerge. Relations would then deteriorate rapidly when Khalid al-Radhi, a senior member of the GPC and close Saleh adviser, was shot dead. In December of this year, Saleh, speaking during a televised address, formally broke ties with the Houthis, saying he was open to talks with the Saudi-led coalition. A Yemeni official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the decision was aimed at finding a way for the coalition to exit the war.
On December 4, just days after he announced his willingness for dialogue with the Saudi-led coalition, Saleh was killed in Sanaa. Houthi sources told Al Jazeera that Saleh was killed by the rebels in a rocket-propelled grenade and shooting attack on his car.
More than , people have been infected with cholera and almost 1, people have died since April, UN says. The holy month has been tarnished in war-torn Yemen, where 17 million people are staring at famine. By Faisal Edroos. Published On 5 Dec Early years Saleh was born in in the town of Bayt al-Ahmar, some 20km southeast of the capital Sanaa, to the Sanhan tribe, a lesser known branch of the Hashid tribal grouping.
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Water scarcity reaches crisis point in northern Syria. In he submitted his own presidency to the electorate for the first time — and won easily, though it undoubtedly helped to have an opponent from his own party whose campaign expenses Saleh had promised to pay. In , he announced that he was stepping down. Had he left office at that point, he would have done so with a fair record of achievements.
Like Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, Saleh was widely thought to be grooming his son, Ahmad, to succeed him in the presidency. Legally, he was due to retire in , though he had been making moves to change the constitution and continue for longer. His rule had also become increasingly repressive, with the local media in particular under almost constant attack. Then came the Arab spring. At the start of , popular uprisings broke out in Tunisia and Egypt, giving Yemenis ideas about political change, too.
Despite being abandoned by many within his own ranks, he clung on regardless while his power evaporated all around him.
Water scarcity reaches crisis point in northern Syria. UN climate negotiations enter final day as differences remain. Sri Lanka limits size of public events ahead of opposition rally. US journalist Danny Fenster jailed for 11 years in Myanmar. The report, by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said roads had been blocked and tanks were on the streets.
Some of the fiercest fighting was in the diplomatic area near the UN compound. The Red Cross estimates that at least people have been killed and more than people injured since clashes broke out on Friday. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, called for a humanitarian pause on 5 December to allow civilians to leave their homes and seek assistance, and for aid workers to continue life-saving programmes.
Children and young people - it's terribly sad," he told the BBC. Until recently, Saleh loyalists had been fighting alongside the Houthis in a war against the current president, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
But a dispute over control of Sanaa's biggest mosque on Wednesday triggered armed clashes that have left more than people dead. On Saturday, Mr Saleh offered to "turn a new page" with the Saudi-led coalition if it stopped attacking Yemen and ended its crippling blockade of the country.
The Houthis accused him of a "coup" against "an alliance he never believed in". By Sunday, Houthi fighters had taken control of much of the capital and fierce battles were taking place around the homes of Mr Saleh's family and their allies. Saudi-led coalition air strikes overnight failed to stop the Houthis and on Monday morning Mr Saleh's own home was overrun.
Soon afterwards, reports began to emerge that he had been killed. A video circulated on social media showing the body of a man resembling Mr Saleh with a severe head wound. It was being carried on a blanket by armed men shouting "Praise be to God! They said a convoy that he and other party officials were in came under fire from Houthi fighters as they fled south towards the former leader's hometown of Sanhan.
Some reports say that he was taken out of his vehicle after it was stopped by an RPG rocket and summarily killed. Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi celebrated what he called "the day of the fall of the treasonous conspiracy".
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