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Email Print Related Topics World » Yemen » Related Video Yemen's president doesn't sign Sun, May 22 2011 1 / 9 Smoke rises during clashes between police forces and armed tribesmen loyal to tribal leader Shiekh Sadiq al-Ahmar near his house in Sanaa May 24, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah By Mohammed Ghobari and Mohamed Sudam SANAA | Tue May 24, 2011 9:13am EDT SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni loyalist forces fought street battles with guards from a powerful tribal federation whose leader has sided with protesters demanding an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule, witnesses said on Tuesday. At least four gunmen were killed in the clashes, which dimmed prospects for a political solution to a transition of power tussle following a nearly four-month-old revolt inspired by protests that swept aside the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia. "The clashes were violent. The sound of machinegun and mortar fire could be heard everywhere. I saw smoke rising from the entrance of the interior ministry," one witness told Reuters. The shooting, in the sandbagged streets surrounding a fortified mansion belonging to the wealthy and politically powerful al-Ahmar clan, pitted loyalist forces against guards of Sadiq al-Ahmar, head of the Hashed tribal federation from which Saleh also hails. Four tribal guards were killed, and six other people were wounded, an opposition leader said. Fighting in the same area of the capital on Monday killed seven people, among them a bystander, a police officer and five tribal gunmen. The government accused Ahmar's men of igniting the clashes on Monday by firing on a school and the headquarters of state news agency Saba. Ahmar's office said government forces opened fire when his guards prevented them from entering a school where Ahmar said Saleh loyalists were stockpiling weapons. Early on Tuesday, tribal mediators were holding talks in the Ahmar house to try to bring an end to the fighting, a source in Sadeq al-Ahmar's office said. But the government said the mediation had not brought a resolution. "The al-Ahmar sons and their gang turned on the mediation and fired rockets and bullets heavily on government installations and citizens' homes," the defense ministry said in a statement. GULF INITIATIVE AWAITS 'POSITIVE SIGNS' The clashes followed the collapse on Sunday of a transition deal mediated by Gulf neighbors that Saleh was to have signed that would have given him immunity from prosecution. The Gulf Cooperation Council bloc of Yemen's wealthy oil-exporting neighbors that spearheaded the deal, which Saleh has three times rebuffed at the last minute, later said it was suspending it due to a "lack of suitable conditions." But the deal did not appear to be completely on ice. "The initiative was put on hold, which means that if there are any positive signs it can continue. If not, then it is on hold," a Gulf source said. The pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat daily said that Saudi Arabia was still hoping the deal could be signed at the "earliest opportunity." A Saudi foreign ministry spokesman could not be reached for comment. The United States and Saudi Arabia, both targets of foiled attacks by a wing of al Qaeda based in Yemen, are keen to end the Yemeni stalemate and avert a spread of anarchy that could give the global militant network more room to operate. Saleh, playing on Western fears of chaos, blamed the opposition for the deal's collapse and said that if a civil war erupted "they will be responsible for it and the bloodshed." While Saleh has backed out of previous deals aimed at easing him out of power, Sunday's turnabout appeared to be among the most forceful, coming after loyalist gunmen trapped Western and Arab diplomats in the United Arab Emirates embassy for hours. (Additional reporting by Asma Alsharif in Jeddah; Writing by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Angus MacSwan) World Yemen Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above. 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