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Abdul-Hafez Al-Saqqaf
Abdul-Hafez al-Saqqaf is a Yemeni military officer. A general in Yemen's Special Security Forces (Yemen), Special Security Forces, al-Saqqaf achieved notoriety when he defied President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi's decree to step down in March 2015, amid the Aftermath of the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état, aftermath of a 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état, coup d'état that split Yemen's government and military and saw Hadi establish a provisional seat of government in Aden. Al-Saqqaf held the title of SSF Commander in Aden. On 3 March 2015, Hadi issued a decree nominating Thabet Muthanna Yahya Naji Jawas to the position and reassigning al-Saqqaf as undersecretary of the Vital Status and Civil Registration Authority in Aden. Al-Saqqaf and his supporters rejected the decree, even after Hadi withdrew Jawas' nomination in favour of Adlan Saleh Al-Hattas. ''The Yemen Times'' reported that al-Saqqaf did not view Hadi as the legitimate president, and that Hadi considered al-Saqqaf to be loyal to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and Oman to the Oman–Yemen border, northeast and shares maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. Yemen is the second-largest Arabs, Arab sovereign state in the peninsula, occupying , with a coastline stretching about . Its constitutionally stated Capital city, capital, and largest city, is Sanaa. As of 2021, Yemen has an estimated population of some 30.4 million. In ancient times, Yemen was the home of the Sabaeans, a trading state that included parts of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. Later in 275 AD, the Himyarite Kingdom was influenced by Judaism. Christianity arrived in the fourth century. Islam spread quickly in the seventh century and Yemenite troops were crucial in the early Islamic conquests. Several Dynasty, dynasties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |