Killed the ex-President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh
MOSCOW, 4 Dec — RIA Novosti. Controlled by the Houthi rebels in Sanaa, the interior Ministry said that the former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed, said the channel of the Houthi Al-Masirah.
“The Ministry of the interior announces the end of the crisis with the traitors with the establishment of full control over all their strongholds… and the murder of the leader of the traitors and some of his fighters” — led channel a statement of the interior Ministry.
Along with this, in social networks appeared a photo allegedly killed Saleh. Pictures of the Houthis gave Arab Sputnik.
Members of his party called the announcement of his death, a rumor spread by the Houthis.
Earlier the President of Yemen Abd rabbu Mansour Hadi ordered to send troops to the capital Sana’a, where last week, the ongoing conflict between the recent allies — the rebels-Houthis and supporters of Saleh.
The fighting began on Wednesday around the city’s largest mosque, named after the former President, and soon spread to other parts of the city. As reported by Sky News Arabia, by Monday the victims of the fighting become not less than 245 people, clashes continue using tanks.
On Saturday, after unsuccessful attempts to resolve the conflict, Saleh’s party “General people’s Congress” urged the Yemeni people to defend the country against the Houthis. Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia, which in the civil conflict fighting on the side of the authorities of Yemen, welcomed the initiative of former President to fight the rebels.