On Friday evening, amidst claims from the U.S and Saudi officials that they saw “encouraging signs” in Yemen, the government forces opened fire on an anti-government camp in Sana’a, injuring at least 8 civilians.

The medics who wished to remain anonymous told the press that as protesters were trying to spread across the area by setting up yet more tents, Central Security started firing at them.

The government is claiming that its men were ordered to shoot up in the air, as a warning. It added that at no time did the men receive orders to harm civilians.

Nevertheless a man is now lying in critical condition at a hospital in Sana’a, suffering from bullet wounds according to his doctor.

In a separate matter but on the same night, residents of the northern district of Hasaba, in the Yemeni capital, reported violent clashes opposing troops loyal to Sheikh Sadeeq al-Ahmar and the Republican guards. The two parties have been battling on and off in the area for 3 consecutive days now, causing residents to live in fear for their lives.

Galeela who lives in the neighborhood, told the Yemen Post that her family spent Friday night huddled under the home’s dining table convinced that they were going to die while bullets were flying through her modest apartment. At dawn, as the fighting receded she found shelter at her building basement. She told us that she would be sending her children to school on Saturday, saying it wasn’t safe.

And even if foreign diplomats and officials see in Saleh’s agreement to allow Hadi to negotiate with the Opposition a positive move forward, more provocation on either side might not give politicians the luxury to argue over the terms of a transfer of power.

Civil War might after all broke out in Yemen.