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Summary Clashes erupted in Yemeni between troops loyal to Saleh and forces led by Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar.
The firefights broke out in the north of the city between forces from the elite Republican Guard, led by Saleh’s son Ahmed, and soldiers from Ahmar’s first armoured division, which provides protection for anti-Saleh protesters.Republican Guard forces based in Amran Street were locked in a heavy exchange of fire with dissident troops deployed in Thalathine Street near Change Square where protesters demanding Salehs ouster have camped for months, witnesses said.Earlier on Thursday, loyalist troops clashed with Ahmar tribesmen in Al-Hasaba, in renewed fighting with the influential tribe whose leader Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar has sided with the protesters.Saleh, who is under international pressure to relinquish power and allow new elections, returned to the country on Friday, sparking violence in which scores of people have been killed.The 69-year-old president has repeatedly refused to sign a power transfer deal brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council under which he would hand over to Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi in return for immunity from prosecution.
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