Evaluation: Yemen’s ex-president Saleh’s killing turned into once ‘revenge’

Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed in Sanaa, the radio problem of the Houthi-controlled internal ministry mentioned.

Photos circulating on social media on Monday gave the affect to show conceal a physique resembling Saleh, with one video exhibiting how armed militiamen gentle a blanket to pass the corpse into the motivate of a capture-up truck.

It comes amid an intensified battle between Houthi rebels and professional-Saleh forces, who were allies earlier than the ex-president known as for dialogue with their rival, the Saudi-led coalition.

Al Jazeera’s Marwan Bishara explains why Saleh’s loss of life turned into once « revenge ».