Armed men in civilian clothes opened fire on demonstrators on Saturday in the city of Taiz in southern Yemen, injuring 35 people, a doctor said. This comes as a mediator in the Persian Gulf came to the country to try to revive a plan aimed at ending the political crisis. The demonstrators have protested throughout the country for months, in revolt against President Ali Abdullah Saleh who were inspired by the movements that toppled governments in Egypt and Tunisia.
A plan brokered by neighboring states to Saleh stepped down last month failed when he refused to sign. Plainclothes men, believed to be officers of the security forces, firing from the roofs of the buildings to the protesters demanding the resignation of Saleh, after three decades in the government of the poorest Arab country.
"There are 35 people with gunshot wounds, three of whom are in intensive care unit, "he told Reuters by telephone a doctor at a local hospital. On Friday, three people died and 15 were wounded when troops fired on demonstrators in Ibb, a town south of the capital Sanaa. With these deaths, the total number of people killed since the start of the protests rises to 170.
Security forces arrested on Saturday at Musaibli Ahmed, a prominent television presenter who left the state to work on a channel that broadcasts via satellite opposition, witnesses said. Saleh is clinging to power despite the defections of politicians, army officers and tribal leaders. Meanwhile, the Secretary General of Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdullatif al-Zayani, arrived in Sana'a on Saturday in a three-day visit to try to revive the transition plan that attempted to resolve the GCC between Saleh and opposition leaders. 
A plan brokered by neighboring states to Saleh stepped down last month failed when he refused to sign. Plainclothes men, believed to be officers of the security forces, firing from the roofs of the buildings to the protesters demanding the resignation of Saleh, after three decades in the government of the poorest Arab country.
"There are 35 people with gunshot wounds, three of whom are in intensive care unit, "he told Reuters by telephone a doctor at a local hospital. On Friday, three people died and 15 were wounded when troops fired on demonstrators in Ibb, a town south of the capital Sanaa. With these deaths, the total number of people killed since the start of the protests rises to 170.
Security forces arrested on Saturday at Musaibli Ahmed, a prominent television presenter who left the state to work on a channel that broadcasts via satellite opposition, witnesses said. Saleh is clinging to power despite the defections of politicians, army officers and tribal leaders. Meanwhile, the Secretary General of Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdullatif al-Zayani, arrived in Sana'a on Saturday in a three-day visit to try to revive the transition plan that attempted to resolve the GCC between Saleh and opposition leaders.
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