An ammunition warehouse owned by Al-Ahmar strong interest exploded in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, killing 28 people, the defense ministry said in a news page 26sep.net on Wednesday (25 / 5).
"Twenty-eight people were killed in an explosion at an ammunition warehouse owned by Hamid al-Ahmar" in Sanaa, said 26sep.net in a text message.
Earlier, clashes between supporters and opponents of the President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh raging in the capital Sanaa, on Thursday (26 / 5), killing four civilians again, the official Saba news agency said.
The death toll since Monday at least 48 people, according to AFP count based on reports of medical personnel, government and tribal sources.
The clashes exposes security forces loyal to the powerful clan chieftains Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar who rallied to the opposition in March and centered at the airport, north of the district Arhad.
The fighting sparked the airport will be closed on Wednesday night and diverted flights, airline sources said, and the tribes.
Airport director Naji al-Marqab insisted the facility is operating normally on Thursday, according to Saba.
Meanwhile, from Washington, United States ordered all diplomats are not too important and family members to leave Yemen embassy amid rising violence between loyalists and opponents of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
"The level of threat to security in Yemen is very high due to terrorist activity and civil unrest. There is ongoing civil unrest throughout the country and the massive protests in major cities," said State Department.
United States, March, told its citizens to avoid traveling to Yemen and said they are already in Yemen should consider leaving the country due to deteriorating security situation in Yemen
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