BBC News with David Austin
Government officials in Yemen say President Ali Abdullah Saleh remains in hospital after being injured in the attack on his compound in the capital Sanaa on Friday.
Five senior Yemeni officials injured along with him are now being treated in Saudi Arabia.
At least seven people were killed in the attack. Lina Sinjab reports from Sanaa.
The president is in hospital with second-degree burns to his face and chest, and a shrapnel wound below his heart. It is understood he is to be operated on soon. Sources close to the president told the BBC it is fortunate he didn't die,
otherwise
there would have been a civil war. The attack took place while the president and his supporters were at Friday prayers at the mosque inside his compound. Many here see the attack not only a military violation but also an attack on Islam.
Syrian anti-government activists say the security forces have shot dead at least three people in the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour. The town has been a scene of protests since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in March.
The British Foreign Secretary William Hague has visited the rebel-held Libyan city of Benghazi, the fourth such senior foreign mission there in a week. The visit was designed, he said, to show support for the Libyan people. The Libyan government
denounce
d Mr Hague's visit as illegal and a
flagrant
violation of all international conventions.