Yemen leader accepts Saudi offer

Yemen’s embattled president accepted an offer from the Saudi monarch to seek treatment in his kingdom after being wounded in a rocket attack, raising the possibility today that he could leave the country after nearly four months of mass protests seeking to end his 33-year rule.

A flurry of conflicting reports about President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s whereabouts and condition spread through the Middle East after Yemeni government officials and opposition tribal leaders said Saudi King Abdullah had mediated a cease-fire to end two weeks of deadly street battles and invited Yemen’s ruler to seek treatment for burns and other wounds from the Friday attack.