(FILES) This file photo taken on March 26, 2001 shows King Abdullah II (R) of Jordan and his half-brother Prince Ali (2nd R) receiving Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh upon his arrival at Amman airport to attend the first ordinary annual Arab summit since 1990.
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 11, 2011 shows former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shaking hands with Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital Sanaa.
(FILES) This file photo taken on November 18, 2006 shows former French president Jacques Chirac (R) shaking hand with Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh at the Elysee Palace in Paris, prior to a meeting.
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 24, 2009 shows former Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin (R) and Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh (R) posing for photographers during their meeting in Moscow.
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 25, 2007 shows French president Nicolas Sarkozy (L) welcoming Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh as he arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 1, 2000 shows Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh diving during his free time at his private presidential club in Sanaa.
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 8, 1999 shows (L to R) US president Bill Clinton, his Egyptian and Yemeni counterparts Hosni Mubarak and Ali Abdullah Saleh, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, attending the funeral of Jordanian King Hussein in Amman.
(FILES) This undated handout file picture shows former Yemeni Parliament speaker Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar standing with Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh (R) in the capital Sanaa.
FILE PHOTO: Yemen's then President Ali Abdullah Saleh gestures during a gathering of supporters in Sanaa February 20, 2011.
FILE PHOTO: Then U.S. President George W. Bush gets a handshake from then Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington May 2, 2007.
FILE PHOTO: Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (L) and his then Yemeni counterpart Ali Abdullah Saleh review the honour guards in Damascus, February 23, 2009
(FILES) This file photo taken on April 03, 2000 shows former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh during a meeting at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C.
FILE PHOTO: Yemen's then President Ali Abdullah Saleh looks on in The Hague, January 17, 1995.
FILE - In this April 6, 2000 file photo, then President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh shows a curved-blade scimitar sword to Pope John Paul II during a private audience at the Vatican.
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 31, 2007 shows Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh (C) walking with Sheikh Sadeq Abdullah al-Ahmar (L) and his brother Himyar (R) during the funeral of their father, late Yemeni parliament speaker Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ahmar in the capital Sanaa.
(FILES) This file photo taken on May 15, 2003 shows Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh (L) welcoming former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami at Sanaa International Airport.
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 15, 2005 shows Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas (L) shaking hands with Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh at the opening of The Second Summit of the South, an alliance of 132 developing countries, in Doha.
(FILES) This file photo taken on July 13, 2008 shows Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh (R) walking with senior Hamas leader Khaled Mashal (L) in the courtyard of the presidential palace during their meeting in the capital Sanaa.
(FILES) This file photo taken on May 14, 2009 shows Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani (L) being welcomed by Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh (R) in the capital Sanaa.
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 23, 2009 shows late Saudi King Abdullah (C) speaking with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) and Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh (L) at the opening ceremony of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, 80 kilometers north of Jeddah.
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 26, 2002 shows Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh (L) shaking hands with former Lebanese president Emile Lahoud upon his arrival at the capital Beirut's International airport.
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 29, 2010 shows Egyptian ex-president Hosni Mubarak (R) speaking with Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh during a meeting at the presidential palace in Cairo.
(FILES) This file photo taken on May 11, 2010 shows Jordan's King Abdullah (R) gesturing as he speaks with with Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah saleh while attending a military show during the Special Operation Forces Exhibition (SOFEX) at King Abdullah Airbase in Amman.