RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, June 15 (UPI) -- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was in stable condition after undergoing eye surgery to remove shrapnel, a hospital official in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, said.
The official said Saleh was receiving nutrition through a tube and suffers from second-degree burns to 40 percent of his body, the result of an attack on his compound in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, nearly two weeks ago, al-Masry al-Youm reported Wednesday.