Why were Mr Saleh and the Houthis allies? Mr Saleh, who was 77, came to power as president of North Yemen in 1978. When it united with South Yemen in 1990 he became president of the new republic.

Having avoided the fate of fellow Arab autocrats in 2011, Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed in a roadside gunfight while attempting to flee the capital Sanaa. Saleh will ...

President Saleh won 96.3% of the popular vote. Former President Clinton commended Yemen for "its democratic achievements" when Saleh visited the US in April 2000. The proposed constitutional ...