Urgent: Saleh forces killed Ten Yemeni protesters, several injured

At least Ten anti-regime protesters have been killed and several others injured in the southern Yemeni city of Taizz, Press TV reports.

The demonstrators were killed in overnight clashes between troops loyal to the US-backed ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposition forces.

In the city of Aden, three more people lost their lives as regime forces clashed with tribesmen that attempted to protect peaceful protesters.

In a separate incident in the capital Sana'a, Yemeni forces killed two more people.

Last month, the United Nations Security Council issued a resolution calling on Saleh to leave office after 33 years.

Saleh has so far refused to relinquish power despite popular demands for his immediate ouster. He survived an assassination attempt and agreed to sign the transition power deal three times, but retreated at the very last minute.

People in the impoverished Arab state have turned out regularly for protests in major cities since January, calling for an end to corruption and unemployment and demanding the ouster of Saleh.

Protesters also demand that Saleh should be tried for crimes he has committed against the people of Yemen during the revolution.

Hundreds of protesters have been killed and many more injured in the government crackdown, according to reports.

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