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Kabul : The hotel on the hill Related Topics World » Yemen » 1 / 3 Soldiers attend an anti government rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh at Tagheer square in Sanaa July 2, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Suhaib Salem By Mohammed Mukhashaf and Mohamed Sudam ADEN/SANAA | Sat Jul 2, 2011 3:08pm EDT ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen said they would step up military operations on Saturday as clashes with suspected Islamist militants raged in the south of the fractious Arabian Peninsula state. With mass protests demanding an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule still paralyzing Yemen after six months, the southern province of Abyan has descended into violence since militants suspected of links to al Qaeda seized its city of Jaar in March and its capital Zinjibar in June. Militants have clashed with Yemeni forces almost daily and residents say they are suffering severe food, water and power shortages due to the continuing unrest. The defense ministry said at an extraordinary meeting on Saturday it would deploy a security belt around the southern port city of Aden, which sits near a strategic strait through which some 3 million barrels of oil pass daily. It also vowed to set armed forces against tribesmen who blew up oil pipelines in the central province of Maarib. Citizens in Aden have worried the unrest from neighboring Abyan could spread -- dozens, mostly soldiers and militants, have been killed and wounded in recent weeks. Sheikh Tareq al-Fadli, a powerful tribal head in Abyan and prominent leader of a southern separatist movement, called for a meeting next Monday between residents, army leaders and members of the militant group for "an investigation of current events." Opponents of Saleh, who is recovering in Riyadh from injuries sustained in a June assassination attempt, accuse the government of intentionally giving more room to al Qaeda and Islamist militants to spark fears that Yemen could collapse into chaos without the veteran leader at the helm. Both neighboring Saudi Arabia and the United States have been targets in foiled attacks by al Qaeda's Yemen wing. Ali Mohsen, a top general who defected to the protest movement months ago, added his voice to the opposition's argument in a statement released on Saturday. "We fear the terrorists will seize all of Abyan province, and that is the hope and dream of the government to scare the world that its demise would be a victory for al Qaeda, which is utterly deceitful," he wrote. MILITARY VOWS OPERATION The defense ministry said armed forces would chase down armed tribesmen that have blown up two oil pipelines in the central Maarib province since March, which has halted the country's 110,000 barrel-per-day output. "They will chase down the terrorist elements responsible for blowing up the oil pipelines and plunging the country into crisis," the defense minister said. The opposition and the government accuse each other of backing the tribesmen behind the pipeline attacks as the Arab world's poorest country suffers a months-long fuel crisis. Many areas are left without power for most of the day, water shipments to dry regions have grown scarce. The loss of exports has cost the government millions of dollars a day. Fuel shortages have sparked clashes at petrol stations in several provinces, killing three and injuring 12 on Friday. Armed tribesmen shot dead four soldiers from the Republican Guard, headed by Saleh's son, in the protest center of Taiz 200 km (120 miles) south of the capital on Saturday. Medics said some eight others were hurt. Protesters said the soldiers had tried to attack a central square where tens of thousands of people demanding Saleh's resignation have camped out for over five months. In the capital Sanaa, where tens of thousands also protest daily, the opposition restarted discussions about setting up its own transitional assembly to run the country even as the president and his supporters continue to cling to power. Sources told Reuters the opposition was also considering offering amendments to a Gulf Arab proposal for a power transition, which Saleh, after initially approving, backed out of three times. Mohammed al-Sabry, a spokesman for the bloc of political opposition parties, said the plans were not complete and would need to be reviewed again next Saturday. 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