Diplomats in New York have said that the UN Security Council would vote on a possible set of measures aimed at putting an end to the escalation of violence witnessed in Yemen over the past few weeks in the next coming days.
European countries, especially Britain and Germany have pushed for a draft resolution to be presented to the 15 members in order to take serious actions against the ailing autocrat.
Since the draft has already been presented to the Council on Tuesday evening, officials have said that a vote should take place sometime in the end of this week or at the latest early next week.
Russia and China who are permanent members have threatened in previous weeks that they would consider using their veto against a resolution which would condemn president Saleh and force him out of the presidency as they said that Saleh was dealing with an "internal matter".
However, since rights groups have slammed both countries for defending an alleged "war criminal", warning that the very inclusion of an immunity clause within the draft would in essence "destroy" the principle upon which the United Nations was built, both countries have announced that they would reserve the right to stay silent, neither agreeing nor denouncing.
Despite the mounting pressure and the loss of many allies both internally and internationally, president Saleh has lost nothing of his charisma, asserting that he would never relinquish power to a "bunch of Islamists and criminals" in reference to al-Islah and the Opposition.
Several sources close to the presidential palace are now warning that an armed conflict is not only imminent but inevitable since Ali Abdullah Saleh will never admit defeat, nor will his family.
Since the start of the protest in February 2011, an estimated 861 people died and 25000 were wounded.