(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The deaths, both in the capital Sanaa and in the country's second largest city, Taez, came after Saleh told the US ambassador to Yemen on Tuesday that he would sign a Gulf-brokered power transition plan that calls on him to step down within 30 days.
On Tuesday, the government declared a truce with dissent forces, but within minutes of the announcement, gunfire and explosions were heard throughout the city.
Medical officials said on Wednesday that a woman and her infant child who died in Taez when their house was struck by shells fired by government troops who, residents say, had been bombarding the city.
In the capital Sanaa, at least seven armed tribesman loyal to powerful Sheikh Sadeq al-Ahmar were killed in clashes overnight in the Hasaba district, the home of the chief and his extended family who have been battling government troops for weeks.
The government announced on its defense ministry website that nine of its soldiers fighting Sadeq's tribesmen and rival forces loyal to dissident General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar were also killed overnight.
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