Military planes have bombed, Friday, May 27, a military blockade of the Republican Guard north-east of Sanaa, took some time earlier by tribal fighters. "Our men were attacked early in the morning three military checkpoints of the Republican Guard in the area Fardh [about 75 km northeast of Sana'a]. (...) We managed to take control of one of these positions, "said one tribal source, who also said that six attackers and a soldier were killed during these clashes.
The attack was conducted, he said, the tribe Naham. The army has launched air raids on the area to try to regain control of that position and reopen the road between the capital and Marib, said another tribal source. Meanwhile, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern that the Yemeni authorities not plunge the country "on the brink of civil war" in the blood by suppressing peaceful demonstrations.
"We have received reports of dozens of deaths, including women and children, in clashes in recent days," said Friday a spokesman for UNHCR, Rupert Colville. "The escalating violence of recent days is extremely worrisome, especially since the government and the opposition were so close to an agreement," said Mr.
Colville. "We are genuinely concerned that the government plunges the country to the brink of civil war," he further said. He also asked the government not to arrest activists, human rights or journalists, but also to "investigate allegations of crimes committed by security forces." The spokesman said that UNHCR had received the green light from authorities to send a mission there in June "But we want to access quickly," he said, stressing that negotiations were continuing on modalities of that mission. 
The attack was conducted, he said, the tribe Naham. The army has launched air raids on the area to try to regain control of that position and reopen the road between the capital and Marib, said another tribal source. Meanwhile, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern that the Yemeni authorities not plunge the country "on the brink of civil war" in the blood by suppressing peaceful demonstrations.
"We have received reports of dozens of deaths, including women and children, in clashes in recent days," said Friday a spokesman for UNHCR, Rupert Colville. "The escalating violence of recent days is extremely worrisome, especially since the government and the opposition were so close to an agreement," said Mr.
Colville. "We are genuinely concerned that the government plunges the country to the brink of civil war," he further said. He also asked the government not to arrest activists, human rights or journalists, but also to "investigate allegations of crimes committed by security forces." The spokesman said that UNHCR had received the green light from authorities to send a mission there in June "But we want to access quickly," he said, stressing that negotiations were continuing on modalities of that mission.
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