Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Saturday he was ready for a “new page” in relations with the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen if it stopped attacks on his country. The call came as his supporters battled Houthi fighters for a fourth day in the capital, Sanaa, while both sides traded blame for a widening rift between allies that could affect the course of the civil war. “I call upon the brothers in neighbouring states and the alliance to stop their aggression, lift the siege, open the airports and allow food aid and the saving of the wounded, and we will turn a new page by virtue of our neighborliness,” Saleh said in a televised speech. “We will deal with them in a positive way; what happened to Yemen is enough,” he added. The Saudi-led coalition welcomed Saleh’s change of stance. The Houthis accused Saleh of betrayal, and vowed to keep up the fight against the Saudi-led coalition.