General People's Congress party confirmed that Yemen ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh was dead, Al-Arabiya tweeted.

According to Al-Arabiya, Saleh was killed during the fierce clashes in Sanaa.

Ali Abdullah Saleh‘s death was also confirmed by other sources, including Houthi rebel-controlled Interior Ministry, Tass reported.

The Iranian news agency Fars published footage on its Twitter, which shows how Houthi rebels transported the body of a dead man who looked like Yemen’s ex-president.