A brigade of powerful Yemeni Republican Guard operates under the command of the son of President Ali Abdullah Saleh defected to join the opposition. The defection is the first among the elite forces, which have underpinned the staying power of Saleh despite mass protests and changing allegiances of some military and tribal allies.
"We ask you not to follow orders to take on other Army units or people, "said separatist units in a statement read by the province of Damar Aleiwa Gen. Ali Abdullah, a former defense minister. Yesterday north of Sanaa seven explosions were heard after a tenuous cease-fire after nearly a week of fighting between security forces and a powerful Saleh tribal group that killed at least 115 people and forced thousands to flee the capital for safety.
Residents say the explosions were followed by bursts of artillery Hasaba district where the dispute took place during the week. Meanwhile, in the southern city of Taiz, the regime's forces opened fire to disperse a demonstration against Saleh, killing four protesters and wounding 90 people, hospital sources said.
Reports indicate that security forces fired weapons at protesters and about 200 people were also injured when the authorities tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas. The enfrentamineto with police took place in front of the municipal council building in Taiz, in the Al Qaher. The demonstrators demanded the release of a colleague who is being held in this building.
Protests in Yemen began in February as an extension to those that occurred in Tunisia and Egypt, whose citizens got their respective presidents resign. The first Yemeni today demanded political reforms and demanding the departure of Saleh, in power in Yemen since unification between North and South, in 1990.
Saleh have dropped four ministers: the Ministry of Justice, Mustafa Abdelyalil, the Interior Abdelfatah Yunes, the Foreign, Musa Kusa and Petroleum, Shukri Ghanem. Human rights organizations estimate that the regime's forces have killed at least 300 people. 
"We ask you not to follow orders to take on other Army units or people, "said separatist units in a statement read by the province of Damar Aleiwa Gen. Ali Abdullah, a former defense minister. Yesterday north of Sanaa seven explosions were heard after a tenuous cease-fire after nearly a week of fighting between security forces and a powerful Saleh tribal group that killed at least 115 people and forced thousands to flee the capital for safety.
Residents say the explosions were followed by bursts of artillery Hasaba district where the dispute took place during the week. Meanwhile, in the southern city of Taiz, the regime's forces opened fire to disperse a demonstration against Saleh, killing four protesters and wounding 90 people, hospital sources said.
Reports indicate that security forces fired weapons at protesters and about 200 people were also injured when the authorities tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas. The enfrentamineto with police took place in front of the municipal council building in Taiz, in the Al Qaher. The demonstrators demanded the release of a colleague who is being held in this building.
Protests in Yemen began in February as an extension to those that occurred in Tunisia and Egypt, whose citizens got their respective presidents resign. The first Yemeni today demanded political reforms and demanding the departure of Saleh, in power in Yemen since unification between North and South, in 1990.
Saleh have dropped four ministers: the Ministry of Justice, Mustafa Abdelyalil, the Interior Abdelfatah Yunes, the Foreign, Musa Kusa and Petroleum, Shukri Ghanem. Human rights organizations estimate that the regime's forces have killed at least 300 people.
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