Eight people were killed in southern Yemen in two separate incidents on Sunday as US President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism official met President Ali Abdullah Saleh to urge him to hand over power quickly.
Four militants and one soldier were killed in a clash in the town of Zinjibar in Abyan province, the September 26 government website said, without giving details. In the city of Taiz, three civilians were killed early on Sunday when the Yemeni presidential guard shelled a house belonging to an anti-Saleh tribal chief, a medical source said.
Residents of the main southern city of Aden also reported clashes between security forces and militants. In Riyadh, US envoy Brennan brought a message from Obama to Saleh, who is recovering from serious injuries sustained in an attack on his presidential compound last month. The United States until recently backed Saleh as a bulwark against regional instability and in particular against al Qaeda.
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