A/HRC/45/CRP.7 Serial Name Position Location 28 Brigadier General Ahmed Mohamed elHaddad Director of General Al-Bayda Security761 Remarks 25 April 2019 ‫عميد محمد الحداد‬ 29 Major General Saeed Ali Director of General Hadramaut Ahmad Naseeb al-Amri Security762 15 May 2020 ‫عميد سعيد علي احمد نصيب‬ ‫العمري‬ 30 Brigadier General Mufti Suhail Samouda Director of General Al Maharah 14 July 2018 Security763 ‫عميد مفتي سهيل صمودة‬ 31 Colonel Fayez Salem Musa Tahs Director of General Socotra Security764 3 October 2019 Commander of Special Security Forces765 4 September 2019 ‫عقيد فايز سالم موسى طاحس‬ 32 Colonel Abd Rabbo al A'tab al- Sharif ‫عقيد عبد ربه االكعب الشريف‬ Shabwah D. Armed Groups – Non-State Actors 1. Armed groups affiliated to the Southern Transitional Council766 a) Security Belt Forces 15. The Security Belt Forces is a non-state armed group, created by the UAE in 2016 with the approval of President Hadi, who issued a presidential decree to form the support brigades. It soon became an operational and administrative force controlled by the Emirates that had formed, trained and armed it. The Government of Yemen has stated that the security belt forces has not been under its command and control since its formation.767 After the withdrawal of Emirati ground forces from Yemen, the Security Belt Forces came under the operational control of the Southern Transitional Council. The number of Security Belt Forces exceed 30,000 fighters. They exercise military and security functions and are located in Aden, Abyan, Lahj, Al-Dhale’e and Socotra. Among the most prominent leaders of the Security Belt Forces are the following individuals: Serial Name Position Location 1 Brigadier General Mohsen Abdullah alWali Security Belt Commander Aden Remarks ‫عميد محسن عبدهللا الوائلي‬ 761 762 763 764 765 766 130 See: https://www.almashhad-alyemeni.com/131767. See: https://almawqeapost.net/news/50531. See: https://almawqeapost.net/news/32281. Presidential Decree 34 (2019). See: https://sahafahnet.com/show6492465.html. See: http://shabwah24.net/news/1274. The Southern Transitional Council was established in 2017, headed by Adroos Al-Zubaidi. His deputy is Sheikh Hani bin Brik. 767 UN document, S/2020/326, para 25. See: https://undocs.org/en/S/2020/326