Abd Rabbo Hussein (; d. 22 February 2016,

Aden Aden ( ar, عدن ' Yemeni: ) is a city, and since 2015, the temporary capital of Yemen, near the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some east of the strait Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000 people. ...

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 ...

) was a Yemeni Army

general A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...

who commanded the 15th Infantry Brigade of the Hadi government loyalists during the

Yemeni Civil War Yemeni Civil War may refer to several historical events which have taken place in Yemen: *Alwaziri coup, February – March 1948 *Yemeni–Adenese clan violence, 1956–60 *North Yemen Civil War, 1962–70 *Aden Emergency, 1963–67 *South Yemen#Di ...

. He was assassinated in February 2016, becoming the highest-ranking commander of the pro-Hadi army to be killed during the conflict. Masked gunmen shot him outside of his residence in

, the provisional capital of Yemen.Gunmen assassinate top army commander in Yemen's Aden
''Xinhua''. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016

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