Amid amounting international and regional pressures on the former President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
to leave Yemen, he agreed to live in exile in a neighboring Gulf state, however, he stipulated that his tribal and military foes leave as well, Al-Kalij newspaper reported citing close sources from Saleh.
Saleh has set conditions for his departure including that Sadeq al-Ahmar, the powerful tribal chief of Hashed Tribal Confederation, Hamid al-Ahmar, Sadeq's younger brother and a prominent businessman, and Gen. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, the commander of the First Armored Division who was once his biggest ally, leave the country as well.
Sources have denied the media reports claiming that Saleh requested a written acceptance from the UAE government in order to leave Yemen, saying such reports are baseless and lack credibility.
Convinced by Soddy Arabia, and US, the UAE has accepted Saleh to live in it, but Saleh appears to be reluctant to leave Yemen as long as his opponents still in the country.