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Yemeni police block protesters’ march on palace
Clashes break out between pro- and anti-government supporters as some 2,000 Yemenis protest near presidential palace
Anti-government protesters clashed with police trying to prevent them from marching towards Yemen’s presidential palace in Sanaa (Getty Images)
Shortly before the clashes, the opposition agreed to enter into talks with President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is keen to avert an Egypt-style revolt in the country (Getty Images)
“The Yemeni people want the fall of the regime,” protesters shouted during the demonstration by about 2,000 people (Getty Images)
Instability in Yemen would present serious political and security risks for Gulf states (Getty Images)
A Yemeni man wears a jacket scrawled with graffiti that reads in Arabic, ‘Go, Go, oh Ali, Enough Oppression and Tyranny’ (Getty Images)
Opposition officials said 10 protesters were detained in Sanaa and 120 were taken into custody overnight in the city of Taiz (Getty Images)
Four people were hurt in the Sanaa clashes, in which police hit protesters with batons and demonstrators threw rocks at police (Getty Images)
Yemen’s opposition wants assurances that reforms would be implemented and has demanded better living conditions for citizens (Getty Images)
A Yemeni man holds up an image of the late Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevera as he protests with some 2,000 others in the capital Sanaa (Getty Images)
Yemenis protests as they gather in the capital Sanaa on February 13 (Getty Images)
