Yemen 's top opposition movement welcomed the U.N. Security Council 's call for a transfer of power , an initiative that could end the political instability in the poverty-ridden Arab nation . The Security Council calls for an `` orderly '' transition . The president was badly hurt in a June assassination attempt . He has been under house arrest since then, and is not allowed to leave the country without special permission from his government.
The Security Council calls for an `` orderly '' transition . The president was badly hurt in a June assassination attempt . He has been under house arrest since then, and is not allowed to leave the country without special permission from his government.