Officials: Saudi king mediates a Yemeni cease-fire
Friday, June 3, 2011
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni ruling party officials and rebel tribesmen say Saudi King Abdullah has mediated a one-week cease-fire between the warring forces of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the anti-government opposition.
The Saudi monarch intervened in an attempt to contain a raging military conflict that has swept the capital over the past week. Abdullah stepped in shortly after Saleh's presidential palace compound was hit by a rebel rocket attack on Friday. Saleh was slightly injured, and 11 security guards were killed. Five other top officials were sent to Saudi Arabia for treatment.
