Monday, 21. March 2011

5:12pm Hakim Al Masmari, editor in chief of the Yemen Post to Al Jazeera: We expect the fall of the regime in the next 24 hours at max.


Yemen GMT+3

6:00pm

Yemen's army will not hesitate to act against any risks to the country's constitution, the National Defence Council, comprised of the military command and president Ali Abdullah Saleh, says. The statement says:

The armed forces will not hesitate in carrying out their duties ... and standing in the face of any coup plans against constitutional legitimacy.

Saleh headed the meeting of the National Defence Council.

7:27pm

The United States in a White House statement told the Yemeni government that the violence seen in Sanaa is "unacceptable".

aljazeera.net yemen-live-blog-march-21

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