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Saleh Withdraws Offer to Step Down Amidst Ongoing Protests

HeadlineApr 01, 2011

Protests are continuing in Yemen against embattled U.S.-backed President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Thousands of people have flooded the streets of the capital, Sana’a, to mark the dozens of people killed in Saleh’s crackdown on the popular uprising. Saleh has withdrawn an offer to step down by the end of the year following the collapse of talks with the opposition.

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