Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2008 (Wikimedia Commons)
When Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh fled his country for Saudia Arabia last week due to wounds suffered in a raid on his presidential palace, his supporters said he'd be able to return to the country within a matter of days. But a US official says Saleh's injuries are more serious than initially reported. The President is reportedly in serious condition, with burns covering 40 percent of his body and bleeding inside his skull. His best case scenario for survival puts out of Yemen for several months. What does this mean Yemen's future and regional stability in the Middle East?
Hussein Ibish, a senior research fellow with the American Task Force on Palestine, joins us.
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