Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh was reportedly wounded today in a
rocket attack on his compound in Sanaa. Yemeni government troops have
been engaged in street fights with tribal groups loyal to Sheikh Sadeq
al-Ahmar for nearly two weeks now, after al-Ahmar sided with thousands
of Yemeni protesters who have been peacefully demonstrating and calling
for President Saleh's ouster for nearly four months now. Government
forces have opened fire on protesters many times over those months,
killing and wounding dozens. Adding further complications, Islamist
militants, possibly tied to Al Qaeda, are now taking advantage of the
chaos and instability, and have seized control of several towns in along
Yemen's south coast. Collected here are images from the past several
weeks of troubled Yemen, a country that may soon be mired in a civil
war. [36 photos]
An anti-government protester flashes the victory sign through a gap in
his national flag raised by other demonstrators during a demonstration
demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in
Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday, March 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
A view of the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, is seen on Sunday, May 29, 2011.
(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) # 
Tens of thousands of Yemenis take to the streets on March 31, 2011 in
the town of Ibb, 190 km southwest of Sanaa, calling for the ouster of
President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
(AFP/Getty Images) #
Anti-government protesters attend a demonstration demanding the
resignation of President Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday, May 13,
2011.
(AP Photo/Mohammed Hamoud) #
An anti-government protester holds up a scarf reading, in Arabic, "My
country, I love you my country", during a demonstration demanding the
resignation of Yemeni President Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, May
1, 2011.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) #
An anti-government protester, center, wearing a red scarf, looks up
while praying with other women during a demonstration demanding the
resignation of President Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Wednesday, April 6,
2011.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) #
An effigy of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh hangs from a street lamp, placed by a protester in Sanaa, on May 17, 2011.
(Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah) #
Anti-government protesters are carried by a bulldozer during a
demonstration to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Saleh in Damt
town of the southern Dhalea province, on May 20, 2011.
(Reuters/Stringer) #
In this photo taken through a window, armored vehicles of Yemeni
security forces, take position in a street next to the house of Sheik
Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, during clashes
with tribesmen loyal to him, in Sanaa, on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Heavy
fighting resumed Tuesday in Yemen's capital between government troops
and followers of the country's most powerful tribal leader, ending a
brief cease-fire and again raising the prospect that Yemen's political
crisis could veer into civil war.
(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) #
Men loyal to tribal leader Sadiq al-Ahmar, stand near a fragment from a
projectile fired during clashes this week, in Sanaa, on May 28, 2011.
(Reuters/Khaled Abdullah) #
Police use water cannons to disperse anti-government protesters during
clashes with police in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz, on May 29,
2011. Yemeni security forces opened fire on protesters in the southern
city of Taiz on Sunday, killing four and wounding 90, hospital sources
said.
(Reuters/Khaled Abdullah) #
Smoke rises during clashes between police forces and armed tribesmen
loyal to tribal leader Shiekh Sadiq al-Ahmar near his house in Sanaa, on
May 24, 2011.
(Reuters/Stringer) #
A protester walks past a burning vehicle during a protest strike
paralyzing the southern Yemeni city of Aden, on April 9, 2011, as
protesters kept up the heat on President Saleh to step down.
(AFP/Getty Images) #
Anti-government protesters raise their hands while chanting slogans
demanding the resignation of President Saleh, in Sanaa, on Friday, May
27, 2011.
(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) #
Yemeni protesters perform Friday noon prayers during a rally against
President Saleh in the streets of Ibb, on May 13, 2011, 190 km southwest
of Sanaa, before the elite Republican Guards opened fire on the
anti-regime protesters killing at least three people.
(AFP/Getty Images) #
A Yemeni boy, center, holding his national flag, stands between
anti-government protesters attending Friday prayers during a
demonstration demanding the resignation of President Saleh, in Sanaa, on
March 11, 2011.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) #
Yemeni anti-government protesters tear apart and devour a loaf of bread
as others shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the
resignation of President Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on on April 2, 2011.
(Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images) #
An anti-government protestor flashes the victory sign while chanting
slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President
Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Tuesday, March 29, 2011.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) #
People gather in a street of Taiz, south of Yemen's capital Sanaa, on
April 4, 2011 after Yemeni security forces shot dead 17 anti-regime
demonstrators and wounded scores more, on the second day of lethal
clashes in the city.
(AFP/Getty Images) #
Anti-government protesters block the road during clashes with Yemeni
security forces in Taiz, Yemen, Monday, May 9, 2011. Witnesses and
medics said Yemeni security forces opened fire on protesters in a
flashpoint city in the country's south in a bid to break up a day-old
sit-in, killing two protesters.
(AP Photo/Yemen Lens) #
Anti-government protesters carry a boy shot in the head during clashes
in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 18, 2011. Yemeni security forces fired
from rooftops toward demonstrators as tens of thousands of
anti-government demonstrators gathered in central Sanaa, killing at
least 31.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) #
Backdropped by a Yemeni flag, a female anti-government protester,
during a demonstration demanding the resignation of of President Saleh,
in Sanaa, on Sunday, April 24, 2011.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) #
Yemeni security forces arrest a man during anti-regime demonstrations
in Taiz, the second most-populated city of Yemen, south of Sanaa, on
April 20, 2011, as the Yemeni opposition called for mass protests after
deadly confrontations with police.
(AFP/Getty Images) #
Anti-government protesters run after soldiers opened fire to disperse
them as they began gathering for a demonstration to demand the ouster of
Yemen's President Saleh in the southern city of Taiz, on May 31, 2011.
(Reuters/Khaled Abdullah) #
Belongings of a dead anti-government protestor are left on his body in a
mosque, during clashes with security forces in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday,
March 18, 2011.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) #
People ride a vehicle with their belongings as they flee clashes in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on May 29, 2011.
(Reuters/Khaled Abdullah) #
A relative of Ahmad Saleh, who was wounded last Wednesday in clashes
with Yemeni security forces and died of his wounds on Saturday, reacts
during his funeral procession at the site of a demonstration demanding
the resignation of Yemeni President Saleh, in Sanaa, on Sunday, May 1,
2011.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) #
Tribesmen take positions next to the house of Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the
head of the powerful Hashid tribe, during clashes with Yemeni security
forces in Sanaa, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Fighters for Yemen's largest
tribe sealed off key government buildings and barricaded streets in the
heart of the capital Tuesday as the revolt against President Ali
Abdullah Saleh sharply escalated after militiamen turned their guns
against government forces.
(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) #
A wounded man lying in a hospital bed is checked by a nurse after being
injured in clashes with Yemeni security forces in Sanaa, on Monday, May
23, 2011. Buildings in Sanaa were blasted and government offices set on
fire in an eruption of violence after President Ali Abdullah Saleh
refused to sign an agreement calling on him to step down.
(AP Photo) #
Anti-government protesters raise their hands during a rally to demand
the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa May 6, 2011.
Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets both for and against
Saleh on Friday, a day after Gulf efforts to revive a plan for him to
leave power were stymied by conditions attached by his party.
(Reuters/Khaled Abdullah) #
Defecting army soldiers shout slogans as they take part in a rally to
demand the ouster of Yemen's President Saleh in Sanaa, on May 27, 2011.
(Reuters/Ammar Awad) #
A boy shouts slogans during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Saleh in Sanaa, on May 24, 2011.
(Reuters/Khaled Abdullah) #
A Yemeni army soldier is lifted by anti-government protesters during a
demonstration demanding the resignation of President Saleh, in Sanaa, on
Friday, May 27, 2011.
(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) #
A tribesman loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful
Hashid tribe, stands next to a wall damaged following clashes with
Yemeni security forces, next to al-Ahmar's house, in Sanaa, on Saturday,
May 28, 2011.
(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) #
Fire and smoke erupts during clashes between tribesmen loyal to Sheik
Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, and Yemeni
security forces in Sanaa, Yemen, late Thursday, June 2, 2011.
(AP Photo/Mohammed Hamoud) #
An army soldier keeps watch over a rally to demand the ouster of President Saleh in Sanaa, on June 3, 2011
(Reuters/Ammar Awad) #
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