( CNN ) -- Demonstrations swelled in several cities across Yemen on Friday , a week after the country 's president was injured in an attack on the mosque at the presidential palace . In Sanaa , demonstrators participating in a large protest against President Ali Abdullah Saleh 's continued rule could be heard chanting `` Saleh will fall '' and `` The end is near for Saleh , '' according to eyewitnesses . In a separate large protest in the city , pro-government demonstrators carried signs of Saleh and chanted , `` We are with you , Saleh , '' according to witnesses . Another large demonstration was occurring in Taiz , according to witnesses . Protests were also under way in Ibb and Mukalla , witnesses said . Yemen has been consumed with unrest for months as protesters demand an end to Saleh 's rule . In recent weeks , government troops have battled both anti-government tribal forces and Islamic militants . On June 3 , the presidential compound was attacked , injuring Saleh and other senior officials . They went to Saudi Arabia for treatment . Tareq al-Shami , a spokesman for the ruling party said Saleh was in good health and would be returning to Yemen `` within days . '' The government has also been battling Islamic militants , including in Zinjibar , an Abyan province town that had been taken over by militants . Yemeni state TV said this week that the government had ousted the militants from Zinjibar . A six-nation Gulf Arab alliance has tried to broker a government-opposition agreement that would lead to Saleh 's departure , but that effort has so far been unsuccessful . CNN 's Mohammed Jamjoom and Hakim Almasmari contributed to this report .
Demonstrations swell Friday in several Yemen cities . Both pro- and anti-government demonstrators are out in force , witnesses say . Anti-government protesters are chanting `` Saleh will fall , '' witnesses say . Pro-government demonstrators chant `` We are with you , Saleh ''