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Yemen president's return could inflame violence, opponents warn
Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded in an assassination attempt in June and fled to Saudi Arabia for treatment

Saleh, is reported to have returned from Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Wadia Mohammed/EPA
President Ali Abdullah Saleh has returned to the Yemeni capital after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in a surprise move that could further inflame violence between loyalist troops and forces backing his opponents.


Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemeni president. Photograph: EPA
Saleh left Yemen for Saudi Arabia in June after he was seriously injured in an attack on his presidential compound in the capital, Sana'a. During his absence, the country slipped further into chaos after the protests that erupted in February demanding an end to his 33-year old rule.

Sana'a has been gripped by street battles and exchanges of ****ling between the elite Republican Guards, led by Saleh's son, and tribesmen opposing Saleh, as well as military units who had defected.

Nearly 100 people have been killed in the violence since Sunday.

Heavy clashes and thuds of mortars were heard throughout the night in Sana'a and into Friday morning. One person was killed overnight after mortars hit the square in central Sana'a where protesters demanding Saleh's resignation have been camped for months, a medical official said. Fifteen people were killed in several separate clashes on Thursday.

The Yemeni public did not see Saleh's return on state television, which was running songs praising the president and broadcasting video footage of his many public appearances in the past. The programme said Saleh was in good health. Officials in his office said he had returned on a private plane.

For the protest leaders, Saleh's return bodes ill for the already explosive situation.

"His return means more divisions, more escalation and confrontations," said Abdel-Hadi al-Azizi, a protest leader. "We are on a very critical escalation."

The anti-Saleh protesters have called for more rallies after Friday prayers

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