Yemen's then President Ali Abdullah Saleh points during an interview with selected media in Sanaa, May 25, 2011. After the uprising in Yemen was sparked on February 11, 2011, Saleh promised he would not run for re-election in 2013 and dismissed the idea of his son succeeding. However, Yemen indulged into chaos again when Saleh allied with his traditional enemies, the Houthis, in January 2015 when the Saudi-led coalition forces targeted his house. Saleh often portrayed himself as the only man who could hold Yemen together. In the early days of the popular campaign to drive him from office, he portrayed the opposition as a conspiracy to destroy the country, a slogan he had often used during his decades in power.

Source: Egypt Today December 04, 2017 21:00 UTC