(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - “We announce that we support and protect the youths who are protesting at University Square in Sanaa,” the armored infantry division commander told reporters.
This comes after Yemeni ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh sacked his entire government on Sunday amid persisting protests by the oppression-weary public that has staged a revolution against his regime.
In a move to put pressure on president Saleh to give up power, the governor of southern province of Aden also stepped down on Monday "to protest what is happening in the county," said a Yemeni official on condition of anonymity.
Still, another, more senior administration official said that Friday’s violence “might have ruined any remaining chance of political dialogue between the Saleh government and the opposition.”
Nine Yemeni ambassadors to European and Arab countries sent a letter to Saleh on Sunday condemning “the massacre” on Friday. That letter followed the resignations by several high-ranking Yemeni officials, including the country’s envoy to the United Nations, its ambassador to Lebanon and its human rights minister.
A number of influential Yemeni clerics on Sunday called on Saleh to appease the demands of protesters and end his decades-old rule to avoid further violence and bloodshed.
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