Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (R) talks with Iran's Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki (L) through a translator in Sanaa April 10, 2008. Motaki arrived in Sanaa on an official visit on Wednesday. Reuters Pictures 22 months ago

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (R) talks with Iran's Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki (L) through a translator in Sanaa April 10, 2008. Motaki arrived in Sanaa on an official visit on Wednesday.

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  1. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (R) hugs Egypt's intelligence chief Umar Suliman as Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit watches during a meeting in Sanaa January 23, 2010.
  2. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (R) shakes hands with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit during a meeting in Sanaa January 23, 2010.
  3. Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit talks to the media after talks with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa January 23, 2010.
  4. Protesters attend an anti-government rally in the southern Yemeni town of al-Habileen January 21, 2010. Protests have become endemic in the south in the past couple of years, with violence frequently erupting between security forces and demonstrators, many of whom demand independence from President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government in Sanaa. Many southern Yemenis complain of economic and social neglect, a charge the northern-dominated government denies.
  5. Protesters march during an anti-government rally in the southern Yemeni town of al-Habileen January 21, 2010. Protests have become endemic in the south in the past couple of years, with violence frequently erupting between security forces and demonstrators, many of whom demand independence from President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government in Sanaa. Many southern Yemenis complain of economic and social neglect, a charge the northern-dominated government denies.
  6. Protesters march during an anti-government rally in the southern Yemeni town of al-Habileen January 18, 2010. Protests have become endemic in the south in the past couple of years, with violence frequently erupting between security forces and demonstrators, many of whom demand independence from President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government in Sanaa. Many southern Yemenis complain of economic and social neglect, a charge the northern-dominated government denies. Picture taken January 18, 2010.
  7. Protesters march during an anti-government rally in the southern Yemeni town of al-Habileen January 18, 2010. Protests have become endemic in the south in the past couple of years, with violence frequently erupting between security forces and demonstrators, many of whom demand independence from President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government in Sanaa. Many southern Yemenis complain of economic and social neglect, a charge the northern-dominated government denies. Picture taken January 18, 2010.
  8. Protesters attend an anti-government rally in the southern Yemeni town of al-Habileen January 18, 2010. Protests have become endemic in the south in the past couple of years, with violence frequently erupting between security forces and demonstrators, many of whom demand independence from President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government in Sanaa. Many southern Yemenis complain of economic and social neglect, a charge the northern-dominated government denies. Picture taken January 18, 2010.
  9. A Yemeni soldier stands guard at the entrance of the Defence Compound during a meeting between President Ali Abdullah Saleh and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle in Sanaa January 11, 2010.
  10. Presidential security officer guards the entrance of the Yemeni defense ministry ahead of the arrival of German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, unseen, for a meeting with Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, unseen, at the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met with Yemen's president in talks Monday likely dealing with the fate of a missing German family reportedly held hostage by al-Qaida.
  11. A presidential security officer guards the entrance of the Yemeni defense ministry ahead of the arrival of German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, unseen for a meeting with Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, unseen, at the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met with Yemen's president in talks Monday likely dealing with the fate of a missing German family reportedly held hostage by al-Qaida.
  12. Two presidential security officers guard the entrance of the Yemeni defense ministry ahead of the arrival of German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, unseen for a meeting with Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, unseen, at the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met with Yemen's president in talks Monday likely dealing with the fate of a missing German family reportedly held hostage by al-Qaida.
  13. Presidential security officers guard the entrance of the Yemeni defense ministry ahead of the arrival of German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle for a meeting with Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh at the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met with Yemen's president in talks Monday likely dealing with the fate of a missing German family reportedly held hostage by al-Qaida.
  14. A presidential security officer guards the entrance of the Yemeni defense ministry ahead of the arrival of German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle for a meeting with Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh at the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met with Yemen's president in talks Monday likely dealing with the fate of a missing German family reportedly held hostage by al-Qaida.
  15. Presidential security officers guard the entrance of the Yemeni defense ministry ahead of the arrival of German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle for a meeting with Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met with Yemen's president in talks Monday likely dealing with the fate of a missing German family reportedly held hostage by al-Qaida.
  16. Policemen stand near a poster of Yemeni President President Ali Abdullah Saleh at the entrance of al-Muraisi stadium in Sanaa January 5, 2010. Yemen has launched an offensive against al Qaeda and the U.S. embassy in Sanaa reopened on Tuesday after security forces staged a raid just outside the capital that dealt with an imminent security threat. Yemen has sent thousands of troops to take part in a campaign against al Qaeda in three provinces over the past three days, and they are hemming them in, security sources said. Five suspected fighters from the group were detained, they said.

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