Yemeni president 'will return'
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August 10, 2011, Wednesday
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WOUNDED Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will return to his country from Saudi Arabia after a recovery period determined by his doctors, Yemen's state news agency announced yesterday.
Saleh has been recovering in Saudi Arabia from injuries received in an assassination attempt two months ago, at the peak of fighting between forces loyal to him and those of a powerful tribal faction supporting mass protests calling for him to quit after 33 years of rule.
Political paralysis during Saleh's recovery has brought the Arab world's poorest country to the brink of civil war and raised fears in neighboring Saudi Arabia and the US that increasing turmoil could embolden the Yemen-based wing of al-Qaida.
The news agency quoted an official in Yemen's presidential office denying a report in the Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat that US officials had convinced Saleh not to return to Yemen, as he has repeatedly vowed to do since his departure.
Saleh has been recovering in Saudi Arabia from injuries received in an assassination attempt two months ago, at the peak of fighting between forces loyal to him and those of a powerful tribal faction supporting mass protests calling for him to quit after 33 years of rule.
Political paralysis during Saleh's recovery has brought the Arab world's poorest country to the brink of civil war and raised fears in neighboring Saudi Arabia and the US that increasing turmoil could embolden the Yemen-based wing of al-Qaida.
The news agency quoted an official in Yemen's presidential office denying a report in the Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat that US officials had convinced Saleh not to return to Yemen, as he has repeatedly vowed to do since his departure.
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