(FILES) This undated handout file picture shows former Yemeni Parliament speaker Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar standing with Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh (R) in the capital Sanaa. Yemen's rebel-controlled interior ministry announced on December 4, 2017 the "killing" of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, as a video emerged showing what appeared to be Saleh's corpse.
The 75-year-old strongman ruled Yemen for more than three decades, until his ouster under popular and political pressure in 2012. / AFP / HO / -
FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2011 file photo, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh gestures with a hand burned in a bombing, as he speaks during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Sanaa, Yemen. Saleh was killed Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, by Shiite rebels with whom he had once been allied. It was a grisly end for a leader who ruled for more than 30 years by shifting alliances and playing multiple sides in the many conflicts that plagued his impoverished nation. Even after his ouster in 2012, he remained a power player driving the civil war that has brought Yemen to ruinous collapse. (AP Photo/Mohammed Hamoud, File)
FILE - In this May 2, 2007 file photo, then Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, left, raises his hands to shake then President Bush's hand in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. Saleh was killed Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, by Shiite rebels with whom he had once been allied. It was a grisly end for a leader who ruled for more than 30 years by shifting alliances and playing multiple sides in the many conflicts that plagued his impoverished nation. Even after his ouster in 2012, he remained a power player driving the civil war that has brought Yemen to ruinous collapse. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 24, 2009 shows former Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin (R) and Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh (R) posing for photographers during their meeting in Moscow. Yemen's rebel-controlled interior ministry announced on December 4, 2017 the "killing" of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, as a video emerged showing what appeared to be Saleh's corpse.
The 75-year-old strongman ruled Yemen for more than three decades, until his ouster under popular and political pressure in 2012. / AFP / RIA NOVOSTI / ALEXEY DRUZHININ
FILE In this, Feb. 22, 2011 file photo, Yemeni anti-government demonstrators react after setting on fire a vehicle belonging to supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh during clashes in Sanaa, Yemen. Saleh was killed Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, by Shiite rebels with whom he had once been allied. It was a grisly end for a leader who ruled for more than 30 years by shifting alliances and playing multiple sides in the many conflicts that plagued his impoverished nation. Even after his ouster in 2012, he remained a power player driving the civil war that has brought Yemen to ruinous collapse. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2009 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, and then Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, review an honor guard at the al-Shaab presidential palace in Damascus, Syria. Saleh was killed Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, by Shiite rebels with whom he had once been allied. It was a grisly end for a leader who ruled for more than 30 years by shifting alliances and playing multiple sides in the many conflicts that plagued his impoverished nation. Even after his ouster in 2012, he remained a power player driving the civil war that has brought Yemen to ruinous collapse. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)
(FILES) This file photo taken on November 18, 2006 shows former French president Jacques Chirac (R) shaking hand with Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh at the Elysee Palace in Paris, prior to a meeting. Yemen's rebel-controlled interior ministry announced on December 4, 2017 the "killing" of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, as a video emerged showing what appeared to be Saleh's corpse.
The 75-year-old strongman ruled Yemen for more than three decades, until his ouster under popular and political pressure in 2012. / AFP / PATRICK KOVARIK
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 15, 2005 shows Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas (L) shaking hands with Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh at the opening of The Second Summit of the South, an alliance of 132 developing countries, in Doha. Yemen's rebel-controlled interior ministry announced on December 4, 2017 the "killing" of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, as a video emerged showing what appeared to be Saleh's corpse.
The 75-year-old strongman ruled Yemen for more than three decades, until his ouster under popular and political pressure in 2012. / AFP / PPO / Omar RASHIDI
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 28, 2006 shows Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh (L) shaking hands with Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir before the opening session session of the annual Arab summit in Khartoum. Yemen's rebel-controlled interior ministry announced on December 4, 2017 the "killing" of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, as a video emerged showing what appeared to be Saleh's corpse.
The 75-year-old strongman ruled Yemen for more than three decades, until his ouster under popular and political pressure in 2012. / AFP / AWAD AWAD
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 26, 2002 shows Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh (L) shaking hands with former Lebanese president Emile Lahoud upon his arrival at the capital Beirut's International airport. Yemen's rebel-controlled interior ministry announced on December 4, 2017 the "killing" of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, as a video emerged showing what appeared to be Saleh's corpse.
The 75-year-old strongman ruled Yemen for more than three decades, until his ouster under popular and political pressure in 2012. / AFP / ANWAR AMRO