Protesters blamed the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Tuesday by the shedding of blood, which raised U.S. fears that the chaos ends up benefiting the militants, even when carried out indirect negotiations to resolve the crisis. A series of explosions at an arms factory on Monday killed at least 140 dead in a southern town where the Islamists seemed to have driven government forces, a reminder of the instability that Western allies fear Saleh in the impoverished Arab state .
The main coalition of opposition groups said that Saleh was responsible for the presence of militants, including Al Qaeda in the province of Abyan, where the explosion occurred. "We condemn this heinous crime and accuse the president and the people involved with Al Qaeda and armed groups which have been delivered to government institutions in Abyan.
The chaos was planned in advance", said in a statement. "The continuation of Saleh in power is a danger to Yemen, its people and international interests," the group said. In recent days, some residents said security forces had left the town of Jaar, scene of the fighting. The governors of the provinces of Jawf and Sa'ada, north of the country, had left, fearing clashes with tribes that did not support the president.
In the center of Yemen, the governor of Maarib was stabbed after trying to disperse a protest this month. Saleh, who has displayed alternately conciliatory and defiant, has publicly promised not to make more concessions to the opposition demand that he resign after 32 years of authoritarian rule.
Saleh, a perennial survivor of civil wars and extremism, said that Yemen could enter into armed conflict and fragmented into regional and tribal lines if you leave the office immediately. But the protesters said that they suspect the withdrawal of the authorities and security in some areas, and accused the president of fomenting conflicts for political reasons.
"Saleh wants to scare us and the world in chaos, he has started in some areas," said Ali Abdelghani, 31, an official from thousands of people protested in Sana'a. "But we can expose this game. There are people's committees in all provinces to provide security while the president has withdrawn the security in some places to spread chaos," he added.
Washington and U.S. ally and neighbor, Saudi Arabia Saleh traditionally been seen as a strong man to prevent the spread of Al Qaeda in a country that many are close to disintegration. Sources on both sides said that the proximity talks to mediate a transition of his opponents Saleh had resumed after it was stalled direct dialogue.
The aim was to agree a framework whose details could be discussed in upcoming direct negotiations. "There are indirect negotiations through mediators from all parties and there are positive signs," said a government official. A close adviser to the General Ali Mohsen, who has supported the protesters, confirmed that the mediators have negotiated.
The agreement, if achieved, would probably resign and Mohsen Saleh, a relative and a former ally who defected and then sent troops to protect the demonstrators. The children and close relatives of the president also quit their posts in an agreement, but the side of Saleh wants assurances that would not be prosecuted.
It was unclear whether remain in Yemen, but that was an option. 
The main coalition of opposition groups said that Saleh was responsible for the presence of militants, including Al Qaeda in the province of Abyan, where the explosion occurred. "We condemn this heinous crime and accuse the president and the people involved with Al Qaeda and armed groups which have been delivered to government institutions in Abyan.
The chaos was planned in advance", said in a statement. "The continuation of Saleh in power is a danger to Yemen, its people and international interests," the group said. In recent days, some residents said security forces had left the town of Jaar, scene of the fighting. The governors of the provinces of Jawf and Sa'ada, north of the country, had left, fearing clashes with tribes that did not support the president.
In the center of Yemen, the governor of Maarib was stabbed after trying to disperse a protest this month. Saleh, who has displayed alternately conciliatory and defiant, has publicly promised not to make more concessions to the opposition demand that he resign after 32 years of authoritarian rule.
Saleh, a perennial survivor of civil wars and extremism, said that Yemen could enter into armed conflict and fragmented into regional and tribal lines if you leave the office immediately. But the protesters said that they suspect the withdrawal of the authorities and security in some areas, and accused the president of fomenting conflicts for political reasons.
"Saleh wants to scare us and the world in chaos, he has started in some areas," said Ali Abdelghani, 31, an official from thousands of people protested in Sana'a. "But we can expose this game. There are people's committees in all provinces to provide security while the president has withdrawn the security in some places to spread chaos," he added.
Washington and U.S. ally and neighbor, Saudi Arabia Saleh traditionally been seen as a strong man to prevent the spread of Al Qaeda in a country that many are close to disintegration. Sources on both sides said that the proximity talks to mediate a transition of his opponents Saleh had resumed after it was stalled direct dialogue.
The aim was to agree a framework whose details could be discussed in upcoming direct negotiations. "There are indirect negotiations through mediators from all parties and there are positive signs," said a government official. A close adviser to the General Ali Mohsen, who has supported the protesters, confirmed that the mediators have negotiated.
The agreement, if achieved, would probably resign and Mohsen Saleh, a relative and a former ally who defected and then sent troops to protect the demonstrators. The children and close relatives of the president also quit their posts in an agreement, but the side of Saleh wants assurances that would not be prosecuted.
It was unclear whether remain in Yemen, but that was an option.
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