A/HRC/42/17 4 Abdulqawi alMekhlafi67 Deputy Governor Ta’izz Engaged in mediation related to ceasefires and road access 5 Major General Khaled Qassem Fadhal Former Ta’izz Axis Commander68 Ta’izz 31 December 2018 Adviser for Minister of Defence 69 6 Major general Samir Abdallah al-Sabri70 Ta’izz Axis Commander and 145th Infantry Brigade71 Ta’izz 31 December 2018 7 Brigadier General Adnan Rozaiq head of Ta’izz Axis Operation Branch and commander of 5th Presidential Protection Brigade72 Ta’izz 17 November 2017 Earlier, he formed and led the resistance group called the Hasm Battalions 8 Brigadier General Abdel Rhman alShamsani 17th Infantry Brigade73 Ta’izz 9 Major General Sadeq Sarhan commands the 22nd Brigade Ta’izz He was appointed at the beginning of the conflict and has had to rebuild a brigade that in large part sided with the Houthi/Saleh alliance 10 Brigadier General Adnan AlHammadi74 35th Armoured Brigade Ta’izz April 2015 11 Abu Bakr al-Jabuli 4th Mountain Infantry Brigade Hefan front Abu Baker is not a military officer 12 Abdulaziz Ahmed Nasser Al-Majidi75 170th Air defence Brigade The AlShamayatain Front 20 February 2018 13 Adel Abdu Fare’a aka Abu Al-Abbas Commander of the Abu Al-Abbas Battalions al-Kadha In October 2017, the USA and KSA designated him a terrorist76 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 28 Stiftung Conflict Mapping of Ta’izz. Ibid. Presidential Decree 189 (2018), available at https://almasdaronline.com/articles/162681. Presidential Decree 188 (2018), available at https://almawqeapost.net/news/37080. Replaced Major General Fadhl Hasan. Stiftung Conflict Mapping of Ta’izz, page 27. http://aljanadpost.net/p-3939. Interview with Brigadier General Adnan al-Hammadi, 28 June 2019. Presidential Decree 2 (2018). Available at: http://www.alharf28.com/p-2592. Stiftung Conflict Mapping of Ta’izz.