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Yemen ruler’s health condition ‘critical’

The state of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s health has been described as “critical,” nearly a week after he was wounded in a bomb attack.

New footage said to be of Saleh emerged showing the Yemeni dictator with serious wounds.

According to an informed source in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, where the beleaguered leader is being treated, Saleh suffers mainly from “problems in the lungs and respiration,” AFP reported.

Saleh was flown to Saudi Arabia on June 4, a day after an explosion ripped through the Yemeni presidential palace in the capital Sana’a.

Meanwhile, defected Yemeni general Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar said the country would be safer and mroe secure without Saleh, accusing the embattled dictator and his family of nourishing what he called terrorist groups.

Yemen people believe that with his departure, Saleh’s 33-year rule has come to an abrupt end.

People are now demanding the formation of a transitional presidential council in the Middle Eastern country.

Yemen has been rocked by anti-government protests since January.

During the past five months, hundreds of people have been killed and many more injured by forces loyal to Saleh’s US-backed regime.

Reports say that Yemeni authorities are now trying to move Saleh’s family members from Sana’a to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

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