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The mood in Yemen remains defiant, despite attempts by the Gulf Cooperation Council to arrange mediation between the current President and opposition figures. Weeks of unrest and over 100 dead have left many demonstrators unwilling to compromise.
Tens of thousands of people in Yemen continue their demands for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign.
Meanwhile, members of the Gulf Cooperation Council invite opposition figures to meet with Saleh in Saudi Arabia, hoping to facilitate mediation.
However, after weeks of violence that have left more than 100 people dead, the mood on the streets of Sanaa remains defiant.
[Maryam Mohammed, Demonstrator]:
"We want to pass on our word to the president, to tell him whatever you do, we swear by God, we are steadfast here and we will change you (the president) and if we couldn't do that by ourselves, our children will do it. He knows (the president) that we will never give up our message."
[Abdulla Hamdan, Demonstrator]:
"The Gulf mediate was supposed to take the initiative, when the ruling party started to shed the blood of our youth who had bullets in their bare chests. It was supposed to be that they start at that time. Now there is no need for mediation and we will not accept mediation. Our only demand is Ali Abdullah to leave."
Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East, and has been a base for al Qaeda to plan attacks on the United States.
Saleh has ignored a transition-of-power plan offered by the opposition which would allow the vice president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, to become temporary head of state.
He maintains he will leave once he has overseen parliamentary and presidential elections this year.
In Saudi Arabia, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was due to discuss the unrest sweeping the region with King Abdullah.