Tens were injured on Thursday in violent pro and anti-government protests in Yemen's capital Sana'a, as anti-government protests escalate in several Yemeni cities in the aftermath of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions.
The battles took place at the western gate of Sana'a University in 60th street and Rabat street as the regime supporters are continuing to prevent students from taking to the streets through the main gate of the university.
Pro-government protesters attacked other protesters with batons, traditional daggers and knives.
The hundreds of protesters on the seventh consecutive day demanded the ouster of President Saleh, but counterdemonstrators continued to attack them.
Tires were burned and shops closed down amid fears of looting and protest-associated acts.
Furthermore, journalists and photographers were attacked and their tools including cameras were confiscated.
Since the protests started in the country in the aftermath of the revolt that forced Tunisian president out of office and out of the country in January, the Yemeni regime continues to crackdown the protests demanding his departure.
In Aden, Yemen's business capital, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Al-Mansoura district after a day of rage on Wednesday in which at least two were killed and several others injured.
Today, almost five thousand protesters chanted slogans demanding the removal of the regime.
The protesters burned tires and riot police fired live bullets in the air to disperse them.
There were some injuries in the protest that coincided with the arrival of Vice President Hadi as the head of a committee in charge of investigating yesterday's events.
In Taiz, the protest in Oseifra district in ongoing for a seventh day and the protesters have called for a Friday of rage. Organizers of the protest previously said they will not leave their place and will not abandon their goal whatever happen to them.
" Our goal is to oust the regime," they said.