A/HRC/42/17 22 Major General Muhammad Fadhl Navy and coastal defence commander115 Sana’a 23 Major General Muhammad al-Miqdad Chief of operations116 Sana’a 24 Major General Abdulqader Ahmad Qassem al-Shami President of political security Sana’a 25 Major General Abdurab Saleh Jurfan President of national security Sana’a Member of security and military committee117 26 Mutlaq Amer al-Marani aka Abu Emad Deputy director Sana’a national security bureau (‘NSB’)118 Location Date Assumed Role/Remarks April 2017, replacing Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim (Abu Ali) b. Serial Main Actors in Ta’izz Governorate Name Position 1 Major General Abdel al-Lateef Hmoud Yahya al-Mahdi, aka Abu Naser al-Shaith Commander of the 4th military district119 Ta’izz 2 Brigadier General Ahmad Sharaf al-Din Assistant of 4th military district commander120 Ta’izz 3 Major General Hmoud Ahmad Dahmush Chief of staff, 4th military district121 Ta’izz April 2017 4 Brigadier General Ahmad Abdullah alSharafi Ta’izz axis commander122 Ta’izz Replace Abdullah Hizam Naji al-Dhaban123 5 Mansour Ali al-Lakumi, aka Abu Naser al-Jahli Ta’izz general supervisor124 Ta’izz Since 2014 6 Abdulmalik Yahya Ali al-Shahari, aka Abu Shehab Ta’izz security supervisor Ta’izz Killed in 2017 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 Ibid. Ibid. UN document S/2017/81. UN document S/2018/68. Mahdi al-Shamat issued presidential decree 23 (2017). Available at: http://www.almahweet.net/?p=7380. https://www.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=12112&cat_id=3. Ibid. Ibid. UN document S/2017/81. He is also the general supervisor of al-Saleh prison. See https://www.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=12112&cat_id=3. 33