Arab Spring Revolutions of 2011 (87 images)

Yemeni anti-government protesters hold banners during a demonstration in Al-Hurriya (Liberty) Square in the capital city on February 22, 2011 in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh rejected demands that he step aside. UPI/ Fouad Harazi

Yemeni anti-government protesters camp out in Al-Hurriya (Liberty) Square in the capital city on February 22, 2011 in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh rejected demands that he step aside. UPI/ Fouad Harazi

Yemeni protesters shout slogans in support of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital Sanaa on February 25, 2011. The president has resisted pressure to resign but has promised not to seek re-election when his current term ends in 2013 and has promised political reforms. UPI

A Yemeni boy with his face painting with the national flag's colors attends a demonstration for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a massive anti-regime rally in Sanaa on March 2, 2011. Growing demonstrations in Sanaa, flaring secessionist sentiment in the country's south and a tribal rebellion in the north have all combined to shake the country's leadership. UPI/Mohammad Abdullah