A/HRC/45/CRP.7 Serial Name Position Remarks 15 Brigadier General Rashed Saeed al-ghafli aka Abu Mohammed671 Coalition Commander Aden January 2019 – July 2019 Coalition Commander Western Coast, 2015 – 2019 Coalition Intelligence Officer Aden, Abyan, Lahj, 2015 – 2019 ‫عميد ركن راشد سعيد الغفلي المكنى ابو‬ ‫محمد‬ 16 Brigadier General Abd el-Salam alShahi672 ‫عميد ركن عبد السالم الشحي‬ 17 Abu Khalifa Said el-Mahri ‫ابو خليفة سعيد المهري‬ C. Government of Yemen (International Recognized Government) 1. The Government of Yemen Armed Forces 8. In 1990, the Yemen Arab Republic merged with the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) to form the Republic of Yemen. The two military services unified in one Yemeni Armed Forces, although regional and ideological divisions influenced both. The agreement at unification was for 50 per cent of the army to be from the South and 50 per cent from the North. However, what happened in practice violated the agreement. During the 1994 civil war, the former northern and southern armies faced each other on the battlefield, where the southern armed forces lost the war. Following defeat, remnants of the southern army were disbanded. Many top southern generals fled the country, and most of its officers were forcibly retired.673 9. The military was organised around five military regions or zones that covered territories of the Republic of Yemen: north west, central (including Sana’a), middle, southern and eastern. However, two formations, the First Armoured Division and the Republican Guard, retained semi-autonomous status. In 2000, then President Saleh’s eldest son, Ahmed Ali, took command of the Republican Guard, expanding it by building eight new brigades. By the time of the 2011 uprising, they comprised eighteen of the nation’s best equipped, trained, funded and managed brigades.674 10. On 23 November 2011, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) initiative was signed, which included an article decreeing that a committee should be formed to restructure the 671 672 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%AC. In the presence of the leader of the Arab coalition. Emergency forces launch second phase of training year, al-ayyam, 16 July 2019. Available on: https://www.alayyam.info/news/7V89EB9O-3B9G6VA58A. Also see https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2019/07/15/1259578.html . Arab Coalition Commander Visits Facility Protection Brigade Camp, see: https://www.cratersky.net/posts/19296. West Coast Coalition Commander Announces Complete Liberation of Al Hodaydah Airport, Sky news, 20 June 2018, see: https://www.skynewsarabia.com/middle-east/1065290%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%94%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84. 673 See: https://d2071andvip0wj.cloudfront.net/yemens-military-security-reform-seeds-of-newconflict.pdf 674 Ibid 117