supporters of the influential klan leader fought back out of more -- of the influential clan leader falek al akmar turned to conflict. tens of thousands of peaceful protesters that have been demonstrating for months for his resignation, mostly young people, were inspired by thithe successful popular abrasions in egypt and tunisia. -- popular uprisings in egypt and tunisia. but now their voices could be drowned out between the struggling -- in the struggle between the clans and the power elites. >> they do have one goal in common. they do want to see the end to saleh's 33-year-old hold on power. they have been inspired by egypt and tunisia. they have expressed openly concerned about who might replace him. we take a look at the man who s led him in for three decades and who is destined to leave sooner rather than later. -- lead sooner rather than later. >> p.m. and was a communist regime financed -- yemen was a communist regime financed by the soviet union. when the soviet union collapsed in 1990, the two countries unified. saleh was identified as the leader. but the alliance did not hold for long.