SANAA (AFP) – Dissident tribesmen have fought loyalist troops in the Yemeni capital for a third straight day leaving bodies littering the streets and sending thousands of residents fleeing. More than 60 people have now been confirmed killed in the fighting since a fragile truce between the forces of powerful tribal leader Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar and embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh collapsed on Tuesday. But medics said they had no word yet on casualties from Thursday's fighting as ambulance crews were unable to access the Al-Hasaba neighbourhood of north Sanaa where Ahmar has his base. “The bodies are still scattered in Al-Hasaba and ambulances cannot reach it due to the…
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