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Email Print Related News Yemen won't become failed state, president says 7:16am EDT Related Topics World » Yemen » Related Video Gunfire and bloodshed in Yemen Tue, May 24 2011 1 / 11 Yemeni army soldiers man a security point near a square, the site of an anti-government protest to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa May 25, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Ammar Awad By Samia Nakhoul and Mohammed Ghobari SANAA | Wed May 25, 2011 9:54am EDT SANAA (Reuters) - Yemenis fled the capital on Wednesday to escape gunbattles between loyalists and opponents of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who said he would make no more concessions to those seeking his ouster. Sporadic machinegun fire rang out for the third day in the sandbagged streets around the mansion of an influential tribal leader who has backed protesters seeking to overthrow the longtime ruler after repeated international mediation failed. Black smoke rose from the compound of Sadiq al-Ahmar, at the center of the clashes that have killed at least 39 people since Monday, when his guards first exchanged fire with loyalist forces they accused of stockpiling weapons at a nearby school. "What happened was a provocative act to drag us into civil war, but it is limited to the Ahmar sons. They bear responsibility for shedding the blood of innocent civilians," Saleh told selected media including Reuters. "Until this second, they are attacking the Interior Ministry. But we don't want to widen the confrontation," he said. "They have chosen this and they made the wrong decision to confront the state with this kind of violence." The fighting, the most sustained clashes in Sanaa since protests against Saleh's rule began in February, erupted on Monday, a day after the president refused at the last minute to sign a Gulf-brokered deal that would ease him out of power. Saleh has backed out of previous deals, but Sunday's turnabout, after loyalist gunmen trapped Western and Arab diplomats in the United Arab Emirates embassy for hours, appeared to have sparked a major reaction. Both sides blamed each other for the violence, which the opposition said could start a civil war. The bloodshed dimmed prospects for a political solution to a popular revolt inspired by protests that swept aside the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia. "I think there's a real risk that violence can escalate, and we see a move toward low intensity civil war," said Shadi Hamid, analyst at the Brookings Doha Center. "There's a real loss of faith in the political process after Saleh refused to sign a deal several times. That really cast doubt on whether Saleh has any real commitment to letting go of power voluntarily," he added. CONTROL OF MINISTRIES Saleh, who has three times backed out of signing at the last minute, said the deal remained on the table: "I am ready to sign within a national dialogue and a clear mechanism. If the mechanism is sound, we will sign the transition of power deal and we will give up power." "No more concessions after today," he said. In the capital Sanaa, fighters in civilian clothes roamed the streets in some districts and sporadic bursts of machinegun fire punctuated the air. There was no word on fresh casualties. Long lines of cars snaked out of the city, bags piled high on their roofs, even as gunmen blocked entrances to prevent tribesmen from bringing in reinforcements to the capital, witnesses said. The situation calmed slightly in the afternoon as mediators tried to seal a truce. Yet in the neighborhoods close to the fighting, men fled with suitcases and women carried their babies in the streets, seeking safety elsewhere. "It's no longer possible to stay in Sanaa. The confrontations will reach all parts of the city," said Murad Abdullah as he left by car. "I am afraid for my life. I will go to my village in Ibb. The situation there is safe." The United States and Saudi Arabia, both targets of foiled attacks by a wing of al Qaeda based in Yemen, have tried to defuse the crisis and avert a spread of anarchy that could give the global militant network more room to operate. Britain renewed international calls on Saleh Wednesday to sign the deal, but a peaceful outcome looked ever less likely. Witnesses and officials said supporters of Ahmar, head of the Hashed tribal federation to which Saleh's Sanhan tribe also belongs, were controlling several ministry buildings near the Ahmar compound including trade and tourism, as well as the offices of the state news agency Saba. Ahmar's fighters had also attacked the headquarters of the interior ministry, whose courtyard came under fire from rocket-propelled grenades, witnesses said. Televised images of the al-Ahmar compound showed tribesmen rushing through opulent but dusty halls, their floors spattered with blood, as they helped colleagues wounded in the fighting. "This is an attempt to drag the revolution from its peaceful path," opposition politician Hamid al-Ahmar, brother to Sadiq al-Ahmar, said on Al Jazeera television. "But this is understood, and it won't affect the path of the revolution. The popular revolution." (Additional reporting by Mohamed Sudam and Khaled al-Mahdi in Sanaa and Nour Merza in Dubai; writing by Cynthia Johnston; editing by Erika Solomon and Philippa Fletcher) 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. 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