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On Air: Yemen: What's next?

| Monday, 6 June 2011 | 11:15 - 13:15 GMT

On Friday's programme we discussed the extent of the Yemeni President's injuries after a bomb attack on his compound. Now it seems things are a little clearer.

President Ali Abdullah Saleh is recovering from surgery in Saudi Arabia to remove shrapnel from his chest according to Saudi officials.

He left the country to cheers from opposition supporters, with many people thinking it is unlikely he will return.

The ±«Óãtv's Middle East correspondent Jon Leyne says,

"even if President Saleh wants to return, it is unlikely Saudi Arabia will allow him"
But what does that mean for Yemen? Mr Saleh's son and other relatives are in charge of key units of the security forces. So will things change?

Yemen faces a dangerous mix of problems.

There's growing concern that an al-Qaeda group based in Yemen has been using the political instability in the country to re-arm.

The CIA says al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is now as dangerous as the al-Qaeda grouping based in Pakistan.

But let's not forget it has been one of the bloodiest weekends so far in Syria with more than 90 people thought to have been killed since Friday. President Assad, is trying to protect his family's four decades of rule in Syria, he's promised reforms, but protesters say they are not enough and are demanding he stand down.

And in Libya over the weekend UK Apache attack helicopters were used for the first time. Six large blasts were heard overnight in Tripoli. Meanwhile the Gaddafi's regime is being accused of attempting to manipulate the media after foreign journalists, including the ±«Óãtv, were taken to a see a baby claimed to have been injured in a Nato air strike. However a hospital staff member passed a note to one of the journalists saying that the baby was hurt in a car accident.

As protestors keep the momentum going in the Arab spring - Our later edition of World Have Your Say will take a wider look at the region.

You can keep up to date with all of the Arab spring developments here

We'll be speaking to people inside Yemen and look at what happens next for the country. If you have any questions for people inside Yemen, post them below.....

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