The government said on Saturday that President was continuing receiving treatment in Yemen, denying that he was transported along with other senior officials who were injured in yesterday's blast inside the presidential palace to Saudi Arabia.
" President Saleh was not seriously injured. He is OK," said Abdul Janadi, deputy information minister.
However, five other senior officials who were injured in the blast have already arrived in the Saudi kingdom to receive special treatment, he said.
" Prime Minister Ali Mujawar, Parliament Speaker Ali Al-Ra'e, Shura Head Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani and deputies prime minister were flown to Saudi Arabia after they were seriously injured," he said.
Explosions and gunfights were heard today in some parts of the capital Sana'a as Sadeq Al-Ahmer, whose tribal supporters have fought the government forces in the last few weeks, said they were committed to the ceasefire reached last week.
The defector military units said renewed the popular uprising remains peaceful and condemned all attempts to drag the country to civil war and diver the revolution from its right path.
" We warn of any attempts to sink the country in chaos and conflict as well as attempts to divert the course of the popular revolution," said Muhammad Elaiwa, former Defense Minister.
Families continued to flee Sana'a today and many businesses including banks held a strike and some cited insecurity after the blast on the presidential palace on Friday.
In Taiz, clashes are continuing since early today between the forces and armed people, at a time when antigovernment protesters took control of some districts.
A big explosion has just shaken the national security building in downtown Taiz.
" At noon, the antigovernment protesters took control of Al-Qahira district and earlier the military camp Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed announced support to the popular uprising," an eyewitness said.
Some divisions also defected from the army to announce support to the popular uprising in Sana'a, informed sources said.
Also, the security forces fired at and clashed with protesters but there were not reports of casualties.
Meantime, activists said public offices in the southern city are being looted and damaged by people, believed to be supporters of the regime as protests continued in other cities to call for an immediate departure of the regime.