A/HRC/45/CRP.7 Serial Name Position Remarks 14 Brigadier General Mukhtar elMtairi Task Force 800 Commander655 Saudi Southern Border, Samtah, Jazan Task Force Commander656 Ma’rib, on 8 July 2020, new leader appointed657 South Military Regional Commander658 Saudi Southern Border Sharurah Operations Center Commander659 Saudi Southern Border ‫لواء ركن سعد الجابر‬ The Saudi official in charge of the Mobilization Committee Saudi Southern Border Brigadier General Ahmed Rashid al Shihri 4th Armoured ‘King Saudi Southern Khaled Force’ Brigade Border ‫عميد ركن مختار المطيري‬ 15 Major General Abdul Hameed alMuzaini ‫لواء ركن عبد الحميد المزيني‬ 16 Major General Mohammad bin Ali alAmri ‫لواء ركن محمد بن علي العمري‬ 17 Brigadier General Hassan Abdullah alShihri ‫عميد ركن حسن عبدهللا الشهري‬ 18 19 Major General Saad al-Jaber ‫عميد ركن أحمد راشد الشهري‬ 20 Brigadier General Fahd bin Daham al-Markhan660 11th Brigade Commander Saudi Southern Border ‫عميد ركن فهد بن دهام المرخان‬ B. United Arab Emirates 4. In the second half of 2019, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) started a two-phase withdrawal of ground troops from Yemen. The first phase, implemented in June and July, involved withdrawal of forces mainly from the western coastal front. The second phase, which occurred in October, left a minimal presence of troops in Al Mukha, Aden, Balhaf, and Al-Mukalla. The withdrawal of the UAE troops from Aden was completed with the handover of its base in Al Buraiqeh to KSA forces.661 Following these withdrawals, the UAE announced that “they fought three enemies in Yemen at the same time: the Houthi rebels, the See :http://www.saudpost.com/44415/. See: https://yemnews.net/index.php/reports/2020-03-17-18-28-20. Also, see: https://twitter.com/malarab1/status/1285251597543645186. 657 Major General Yusef al-Shahrani was appointed to replace Major General Abdul Hameed al-Muzaini. See: http://www.ypagency.net/278376. 658 https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewstory.php?lang=ar&newsid=2020433. 659 http://www.masapress.net/2018/11/11/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A 9-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B9-%D9%85%D9%86%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%81/. 660 See at : https://ajel.sa/zNRrWb/. 661 S/2020/326, para. 24. Available at: https://undocs.org/ar/S/2020/326. Also, see: https://yemenshabab.net/news/51137 655 656 114