Yemen Forces Battle Tribal Rivals for Key Sites in Capital - NYTimes.com: "But a powerful general who defected to the opposition in March has continued to keep his troops on the sidelines, leaving open the question of whether the heavy fighting would be contained to areas of the capital, Sana, and several other cities, or whether it could engulf the country.
With no immediate renewal of mediation efforts, Yemen’s security forces have moved with force to contain multiple groups of opponents — not only tribal fighters, but also militant Islamists and nonviolent antigovernment protesters — that have distinct and sometimes conflicting agendas.
Around the heavily fortified headquarters of Yemen’s state-run television station in Sana, government forces fired shells at tribal fighters loyal to the family of Hamid al-Ahmar, the strongest tribal rival of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who clings to power in the face of months of protests and days of mounting chaos.
Fierce battles between Ahmar tribesmen an"
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