Reports from Yemen say ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed in fighting with his former allies.<\/p>\n
Media controlled by the rebel Houthi movement quoted officials as declaring the \u201cend of the crisis of the treason militia and the killing of its leader\u201d.<\/p>\n
Sources in Mr Saleh\u2019s General People\u2019s Congress party also confirmed that he was dead, according to Al Arabiya TV.<\/p>\n
Pictures and video circulated online showed the body of a man resembling Mr Saleh with a severe head wound.<\/p>\n
Until last week, Mr Saleh\u2019s supporters had been fighting alongside the Houthis in a war against Yemen\u2019s current president, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.<\/p>\n
But longstanding political tensions and a dispute over control of the main mosque in the rebel-controlled capital, Sanaa, triggered fierce clashes that have left more than 125 people dead and 238 wounded since Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Mr Saleh offered to \u201cturn a new page\u201d with the Saudi-led coalition backing Mr Hadi if it stopped attacking Yemen and ended its crippling blockade.<\/p>\n
The coalition and Mr Hadi\u2019s government welcomed the comments. But the Houthis accused Mr Saleh of staging a \u201ccoup\u201d against \u201can alliance he never believed in\u201d.<\/p>\n
More than 8,670 people have been killed and 49,960 injured since the coalition intervened in the civil war in March 2015, according to the UN.<\/p>\n
The conflict and the blockade have also left 20.7 million people in need of humanitarian aid, created the world\u2019s largest food security emergency, and led to a cholera outbreak that is thought to have killed 2,211 people since April.<\/p>\n
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