Yemeni president promises to step down within days

Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has been in power for 33 years, said he will retire after months of demonstrations across the country

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he will resign in the coming days.

Saleh late last month, which has been in power for 33 years, called for early elections in his first speech since his return from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, triggering a wave of violent protests.

Saleh, who went to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment after an assassination attempt in June, said while he accepted a transfer of power, adding that the vice president has maintained its power to hold talks with opposition.

Since the crisis began in January when demonstrators took to the streets of Sanaa, the capital, demanding their resignation, the president has made proposals besieged sumptuous to end the violence, but no follow imply that empowers.