The party of Yemen’s former president and strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh on Monday confirmed that he has been killed. The Huthis stopped the four-car convoy about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Sanaa and shot dead Saleh, GPC secretary general Arif al-Zouka and his deputy Yasir al-Awadi, a military source said. Saleh on Saturday broke a three-year alliance with the Iran-backed Huthis, opening the door to negotiations with neighbouring Saudi Arabia for the lifting of a crippling blockade. The former president’s gamble in quitting his alliance with the Huthis proved to be a fatal step. As fighting rocked the capital on Monday, the Huthis said Saleh had been killed, and a video they supplied to AFP showed what appeared to be his corpse.

Source: Punch December 04, 2017 15:56 UTC