Azerbaijan , Baku, Sept. 23 / Trend A. Isgandarov /
The Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has returned after three months of absence, Aljazeera cited state TV .
"Ali Abdullah Saleh, president of the republic, returned this morning to the land of the nation safely after a trip for treatment in Riyadh that lasted more than three months," an urgent news break on Yemen Television announced on Friday.
Saleh, who has been receiving treatment in neighbouring Saudi Arabia for the past three months for blast wounds he sustained in a bombing at the presidential palace in the capital, Sanaa, on June 3.
Saleh has retained power despite eight months of protests in which tens of thousands have taken to the streets to demand an end to his 33-year rule.
Since February, millions of Yemenis have been demanding the ouster of Saleh, who has been in power for 32 years. Yemeni security forces use their weapons to disperse the anti-government actions.