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Security forces killed an anti-government protester in Taiz and wounded hundreds more in Sana’a. Dozens of protesters were also detained in Sana’a.

Saudi Arabia is leading the Gulf states in brokering a deal for President Saleh to step down; Saleh has rejected the efforts as unconstitutional. The US embassy warned its citizens to keep away from the Presidential Palace, the Saleh Mosque, Sana’a University, and Tahrir Square in Sana’a, in anticipation of violence during Friday protests.

Soldiers loyal to General Ali Mohsen killed three soldiers in Sana’a loyal to President Saleh. Tribesmen in Abyan killed two soldiers for participating in a raid against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The spokesman for the anti-Saleh Joint Meeting Parties said a new government would oppose AQAP.

Security forces and supporters of President Saleh killed 15 people and wounded more than 300 in attacks on protesters in Taiz and Hudaida. The US is pushing for Saleh’s removal from power.

Jihadists denied that they took over a radio station in Abyan province. The government blamed al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula for a blast at a weapons factory in Jaar in Abyan that killed more than 100 civilians.

The Yemeni government is said to have lost control of six of the country’s 18 provinces. Casualties from yesterday’s explosion at a weapons factory in Abyan have risen to 93 dead. More than 20,000 anti-government protesters marched in Sana’a.

A blast at a weapons factory in Jaar in Abyan province killed 78 people. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters looted the factory of truckloads of weapons and several armored vehicles prior to the blast, which is said to have been an accident.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula killed seven troops in Marib province and took control of the town of Jaar in Abyan province after security forces fled. President Saleh rescinded his offer to step down at the end of the year.

President Saleh said he is “ready to step down with respect and dignity” but only to qualified caretakers of government. Security officials claimed seven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in Abyan province.

President Saleh said he would hand over power only “to capable, responsible hands.” Security forces claimed to have killed 15 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters over the past week. Britain and Germany have begun evacuating non-essential embassy personnel.