Latest News: Yemen crisis deepens, president injured

President Ali Abjullah Saleh, who has held the top office in Yemen for nearly 33 years, was injured when tribal leaders stormed the presidential palace on Friday. A government official said the president had been “lightly injured” in the attack.

The U.S. and other Western countries have been trying to broker a peaceful deal to allow Saleh to step down in exchange for amnesty from prosecution, but Saleh has walked away from three different offers despite intense local and global pressure. 

135 protesters have been killed by Saleh's troops in the past 10 days, with the total approaching 350 since January. The humanitarian situation in Sanaa continues to worsen after tribal leaders cut off the capital city's domestic oil supplies, creating electricity, gas, and water shortages.

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