Yemen's authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed Nov. 23 to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power.
In this image made from video broadcast by Yemen State TV and accessed via APTN, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a document agreeing to step down after a long-running uprising to oust him from 33 years in power in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
Saleh, seated beside Saudi King Abdullah in the Saudi capital Riyadh, signed a U.S.-backed deal hammered out by his country's powerful Gulf Arab neighbors to transfer his power within 30 days to his vice president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
In this April 15, 2011 file photo, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh waves to his supporters, not pictured, during a rally in Sanaa,Yemen after returned from medical treatment in Saudi Arabia.
Saleh has signed an agreement to transfer power to his vice president. Saleh was shown on Arabic satellite television stations Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011signing a proposal by his country's powerful Gulf Arab neighbors to end his country's 9-month old uprising.
Yemeni female protestors march during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011.
Anti-government protesters react as they celebrate the signing by Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh of a deal to step down in Sanaa November 23, 2011. Saleh signed a deal on Wednesday under which he stepped down from 33 years in power and 10 months of protests against his rule that have brought the country to the edge of civil war.
Protestors react as they celebrate for the signing by President Ali Abdullah Saleh of a document agreeing to step down after a long-running uprising to oust him from 33 years in power in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
Yemen's authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed Wednesday to step down after a fierce uprising to oust him from 33 years in power.
The U.S. and its powerful Gulf allies pressed for the deal, concerned that a security collapse in the impoverished Arab nation was allowing an active al-Qaida franchise to gain a firmer foothold.
Anti-government protesters react as they celebrate the signing by Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh of a deal to step down in Sanaa November 23, 2011.
Saleh signed a deal on Wednesday under which he stepped down from 33 years in power and 10 months of protests against his rule that have brought the country to the edge of civil war.
A protester shouts and gestures during a demonstration against proposed immunity for Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh under a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-sponsored deal for his ouster in Sanaa November 23, 2011.
Yemeni boys carry a huge flag as they take to the streets after the Friday noon prayers to condemn President Ali Abdullah Saleh on November 18.
The United States Wednesday welcomed a deal under which Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to hand over power after 33 years in office.
Dissident Yemeni soldiers make victory signs at a barricade as anti-regime protesters gather for a demonstration nearby in Sanaa on November 21.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal on Wednesday to hand over his powers after 33 years in office, ending months of delay that had seen protests that erupted in January degenerate into deadly unrest.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal on Wednesday to hand over his powers after 33 years in office, ending months of delay that had seen protests that erupted in January degenerate into deadly unrest.
Defected army soldiers, right, stand guard while protestors march during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011.
Defected army soldiers, right, stand guard while protestors march during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011.
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