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| Yemen unrest: Saleh forces 'shell Sanaa protest camp' | Yemen unrest: Saleh forces 'shell Sanaa protest camp' |
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| Government forces in Yemen have continued firing shells at a protester camp in the capital, witnesses say. | Government forces in Yemen have continued firing shells at a protester camp in the capital, witnesses say. |
| Explosions rocked Sanaa all night, and at least two people had died in the shelling, according to doctors. | |
| Government forces launched a crackdown on the protesters on Sunday, killing more than 50 people in two days. | Government forces launched a crackdown on the protesters on Sunday, killing more than 50 people in two days. |
| Groups of protesters have occupied various parts of the capital for most of the year, calling for the ousting of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. | Groups of protesters have occupied various parts of the capital for most of the year, calling for the ousting of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. |
| Mr Saleh, who has ruled the country for more than three decades, has been in Saudi Arabia since June, when he was seriously injured in a rocket attack on his presidential compound. | Mr Saleh, who has ruled the country for more than three decades, has been in Saudi Arabia since June, when he was seriously injured in a rocket attack on his presidential compound. |
| The president has refused to stand down and is promising to return to the country. | The president has refused to stand down and is promising to return to the country. |
| Rocket attack | Rocket attack |
| The latest violence is the worst the country has seen for several months. | The latest violence is the worst the country has seen for several months. |
| Witnesses say government snipers have been shooting protesters from the rooftops in Sanaa - although ministers have consistently denied that their soldiers have targeted civilians. | |
| Government forces have also been involved in full-scale combat with an army unit that defected to the protesters months ago. | |
| Witnesses say military aircraft have been targeting positions held by the protest-supporting troops, as well as constant shelling. | |
| One report said troops loyal to the protesters on Monday seized a base of the republican guards - an elite force run by the president's son Ahmed. | One report said troops loyal to the protesters on Monday seized a base of the republican guards - an elite force run by the president's son Ahmed. |
| Analysts say the final battle for control of the country could pit the republican guards against the army units loyal to the protesters and their tribal allies. | Analysts say the final battle for control of the country could pit the republican guards against the army units loyal to the protesters and their tribal allies. |
| The BBC's Middle East correspondent Jon Leyne says the civilian protesters are increasingly caught in the middle of a conventional military battle between the two sides. | |
| After two days of bloodshed in the capital, a third day of violence began before dawn. | After two days of bloodshed in the capital, a third day of violence began before dawn. |
| "We were walking back from prayers. All of a sudden a rocket hit close by from out of nowhere, and some people fell down," protester Manea al-Matari told Reuters news agency. | "We were walking back from prayers. All of a sudden a rocket hit close by from out of nowhere, and some people fell down," protester Manea al-Matari told Reuters news agency. |
| "And then a second one came and that's when we saw the two martyred," he said. | "And then a second one came and that's when we saw the two martyred," he said. |
| Dr Mohammed al-Qubati, who has been running a field hospital at the protest camp, told the agency that he had seen the two people killed in the attack. | Dr Mohammed al-Qubati, who has been running a field hospital at the protest camp, told the agency that he had seen the two people killed in the attack. |
| Mass protests and killings by security forces have also been reported in the cities of Taiz and Aden in recent days. | Mass protests and killings by security forces have also been reported in the cities of Taiz and Aden in recent days. |
| The Yemeni government has strongly denied reports that the authorities had fired on peaceful demonstrators, telling the BBC the unrest was initiated by al-Qaeda-linked forces within the opposition. | The Yemeni government has strongly denied reports that the authorities had fired on peaceful demonstrators, telling the BBC the unrest was initiated by al-Qaeda-linked forces within the opposition. |
| Envoys from the UN and the Gulf Cooperation Council arrived in Yemen on Monday in a bid to sort out a deal to end the bloodshed. | Envoys from the UN and the Gulf Cooperation Council arrived in Yemen on Monday in a bid to sort out a deal to end the bloodshed. |