Civil War In Yemen -- News Updates June 5, 2011

Yemen Leader In Saudi Arabia After Attack -- Wall Street Journal

SAN'A, Yemen—Long-time president Ali Abdullah Saleh traveled to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment, leaving a yawning power vacuum that could intensify recent fighting tribal warfare in the capital and cast other parts of the strife-torn country adrift or under the sway of armed groups allied with anti-Western terrorist groups.

Mr. Saleh, who has been fending off challenges to his rule for months, was injured Friday in an opposition rocket attack on his palace compound. His precise injuries remain unclear.

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More News On Yemen's Civil War

Protesters celebrate departure of Yemen's leader -- Yahoo News/AP
Cheers, gunfights in Yemen as Saleh goes to Saudi -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Yemenis rejoice as wounded leader leaves -- Yahoo News/AFP
Yemeni crowds celebrate after president transfers power, flies to Saudi Arabia -- Washington Post
Yemenis rejoice as Saleh leaves but fighting continues -- BBC
Yemeni President Saleh hurt by 'shrapnel' in attack -- BBC
Yemen's president flies to Saudi Arabia for urgent treatment after rocket attack (but will he ever return?) -- Daily Mail
Sources: Yemeni leader has neurosurgery after attack on palace -- CNN
Wounded Yemeni president treated in Saudi Arabia -- L.A. Times
Yemen's Saleh in Riyadh -- CNN
Yemeni president is due to return home within days after medical test: official -- Xinhuanet
Yemen president to return within days - party official -- Reuters
Yemen protesters celebrate Saleh's departure -- The Telegraph
Yemeni military blames al Qaeda for palace attack -- Reuters
Al Qaeda behind Yemeni Presidential palace attack? -- IBTimes
Yemen’s Saleh in Riyadh for Treatment; Deputy Assumes Duties -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Yemeni vice president starts to exercise president power -- Xinhuanet
Yemen's New Acting President: Abd Rabu Who? -- Big Think
Yemen's president flees for medical treatment as search for new leader begins -- The Telegraph
White House in touch with Yemen's vice president -- Reuters
The Saudis Take Charge in Yemen -- Time
Is Saleh gone for good? -- Al Jazeera
Saleh is gone. What next for Yemen? -- Brian Whitaker, The Guardian
imeline: Saleh's 33-year rule in Yemen -- Reuters
Profile: Ali Abdullah Saleh -- Al Jazeera