WASHINGTON - The United States onSaturday expressed deep concern about events in Yemen andreiterated its call for President Ali Abdullah Saleh, whoreturned to the nation on Friday, to make "a full transfer ofpower without delay."
Mortar shells and sniper fire struck an opposition protestcamp in the capital Sanaa on Saturday as General Ali Mohsen,Saleh's main military rival in the Arabian Peninsula nation,said the president's return after a three-month absence couldspark civil war.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in astatement that the United States was "expressing deep concernabout the current situation in Yemen."