Yemen president Ali Abdullah Saleh was lightly wounded when rockets hit in palace in the capitqal, Sanaa, during fighting between security forces and rival tribes, The Associated Press and Reuters report. Reuters quotes state TV as saying the embattled president is "well."

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 3 June 2011, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR is alarmed by the deteriorating situation in Yemen.

Updated at 8:38 a.m. ET] At least seven senior government officials were injured during the shelling of the presidential compound, Tareq al-Shami, Yemeni government spokesman said Friday. Al-Shami said that the prime minister, parliament speaker, deputy prime minister, and Sana'a governor were all injured among many others at a mosque located inside the presidential compound.

The Yemeni saga of unrest continues with forces loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh opening fire at protesters demanding an end to his three-decade-old rule in a conflict that has brought the state to the brink of a civil war, a Reuters report said on Friday.

Explosions and heavy gunfire shook Yemen's capital overnight as shelling set ablaze the Yemenia Airways office close to the home of opposition tribal leader Sadiq al-Ahmar. Fighting in Sana'a between President Ali Abdullah Saleh's security forces and supporters of al-Ahmar, leader of the Hashid, Yemen's most influential tribe, intensified as it continued into a fifth day after the breakdown of a truce mediated by tribal leaders.

SANAA | Fri Jun 3, 2011 8:24am EDT SANAA (Reuters) - Fierce fighting in Sanaa between forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his tribal opponents has sent Yemen sliding rapidly toward civil war.