Yemeni government, opposition tribal chief reach cease-fire agreement

Yemeni government and armed tribesmen led by the opposition tribal chieftain Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar on Saturday reached a temporary truce to end pitched battles within the capital that has killed at the very least 127 men and women, tribal mediators said.

The agreement incorporates the hand-over of government buildings occupied by the armed tribesmen during the conflicts to the mediators, who would later hand them more than for the government.

The deal stated to finish all forms of military presence and to normalize the circumstance within the war-torn areas, in accordance with opposition's media.

The deal also stipulated that the government forces must not attack al-Ahmar's home once more, the mediators told Xinhua.

Nevertheless, witnesses stated that regardless of the cease-fire, sporadic, heavy shoot-outs were still heard inside the location late on Saturday.

The pitched street fighting erupted Monday between government forces and armed tribal guards of al-Ahmar, the leader of the powerful Hashed tribes' confederation.

The gunbattles, in which al-Ahmar's fighters took over numerous government buildings, occurred in Hassaba district in downtown Sanaa, each day soon after Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh refused to sign a deal to ease him out of power inside a month.

Earlier the day, al-Ahmar referred to as on the army and Republican Guards to offer up assistance to President Saleh and join the protesters who've been demanding the immediate ousting of Saleh, in accordance with al-Ahmar's speech published by opposition media outlets.

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