Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has left a hospital in Saudi Arabia more than two months after being severely wounded in an attack on his palace compound in Sana, Yemen’s state news agency said Sunday.
A Yemeni government official said Saleh, who was badly burned in the June 3 blast, has officially asked Saudi authorities to return to Yemen, accompanied by a medical team. Saleh’s request appears to have been turned down at least temporarily, the official said.
Saleh’s more than two- month absence has only added to the uncertainty and instability in Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country. There are fears his return could throw an already-unstable Yemen into further chaos.
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