Yemen's Saleh buried in Sanaa with handful of relatives present: sources
Ali Abdullah Saleh
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemenâs Houthi group has buried the body of  former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa   allowing only a handful of relatives to attend  sources from  his  General Peopleâs Congress (GPC) party said on Sunday.
FILE  PHOTO Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh  gestures to supporters as  he  arrives to a rally held to mark the 35th anniversary of the establishment of  his  General People's Congress party in Sanaa  Yemen August 24  2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo
 Saleh   75  was killed by the Iran-aligned Houthis on Monday  after he had called for a ânew pageâ in ties with a Saudi-led coalition that his supporters together with the Houthis had fought for nearly three years.
GPC Secretary-General Aref al-Zouka  who was killed with  Saleh   was buried on Saturday in his native al-Saeed district of Shabwa province in southern Yemen after the Houthis handed over his body to tribal leaders  media and GPC officials said.
 Saleh  ruled Yemen for 33 years before being forced to step down in 2012 in a Gulf-brokered transition plan following months of Arab Spring protests demanding democracy.
 He  remained in politics as the head of the GPC  Yemenâs largest political party  and in 2015  he  joined forces with the Iran-aligned Houthis after they captured the capital Sanaa in a move that precipitated Saudi-led military intervention on the side of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemenâs Houthi group has buried the body of  former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa   allowing only a handful of relatives to attend  sources from  his  General Peopleâs Congress (GPC) party said on Sunday.
FILE   [TGT]  [TGT]   arrives to a rally held to mark the 35th anniversary of the establishment of   [TGT]   General People's Congress party in Sanaa  Yemen August 24  2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo
 Saleh   75  was killed by the Iran-aligned Houthis on Monday  after he had called for a ânew pageâ in ties with a Saudi-led coalition that his supporters together with the Houthis had fought for nearly three years.
GPC Secretary-General Aref al-Zouka  who was killed with  Saleh   was buried on Saturday in his native al-Saeed district of Shabwa province in southern Yemen after the Houthis handed over his body to tribal leaders  media and GPC officials said.
 Saleh  ruled Yemen for 33 years before being forced to step down in 2012 in a Gulf-brokered transition plan following months of Arab Spring protests demanding democracy.
 He  remained in politics as the head of the GPC  Yemenâs largest political party  and in 2015  he  joined forces with the Iran-aligned Houthis after they captured the capital Sanaa in a move that precipitated Saudi-led military intervention on the side of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.