According to Al Jazeera, Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh has requested safe passage out of the country for him and his family.
Sources say Saleh sent a message to the Arab Guf States through leaders of the General Popular Congress, to which Saleh had once served as a leader.
In the message, Saleh claimed to have no ties to the Houthi rebels, who took over the country's capital city Sanaa in January,
"In the message Saleh seems to have actually told the Gulf leaders via his envoy that he has no ties whatsoever with the Houthis and he is not part of this war," said Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall, reporting from the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia, who is responisble for the numerous airstrike attacks against the Houthi rebels, has allegedly rejected the request.
