His Royal Highness Lt. Gen. Prince Fahad bin Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saud leads multinational efforts to stabilize Yemen COL. FARHAN MUSAAD Z. ALNAWMASI JOINT FORCES PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS CELL COMMANDER, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA His Royal Highness Lt. Gen. Prince Fahad bin Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia is a brilliant military commander whose name emerged considerably after the launch of Operation Decisive Storm in March 2015 to support the legitimate Yemeni government. He took command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, in addition to his role as deputy commander of Saudi ground…
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STAFF MAJ. GEN. AHMED MOHSEN SALEM AL-YAFEI HEAD OF THE YEMENI INTELLIGENCE AND RECONNAISSANCE AUTHORITY The war on terrorism is an unconventional war, where the enemy is entrenched among civilians and has no distinctive uniform, vehicles or equipment intended for military use. In this situation, intelligence efforts become a decisive factor in the fight against terrorism. Traditional military methods are not enough to combat terrorism. If any state, such as Yemen, is afflicted by the scourge of terrorism and wants to defend its security today, it ought to rely on intelligence efforts in addition to military operations. That is because…
As countries modernize, loyalty to state should transcend loyalty to tribe MAJ. GEN. MOHAMMED Zayed IBRAHIM, YEMENI DEFENSE ATTACHE TO THE U.S. The tribe represents the foundation or cornerstone of Arab societies in general and Yemeni society in particular. Tribes no longer live primitive existences as they did in ancient times. Tribal members’ lives have improved under the influence of Arab and global intellectual and political movements that have culminated in the concept of the modern nation state. Contemporary concepts and laws have come to regulate relations between the members of different tribes within a geographical framework and political entity…
Regional security demands a force capable of defending strategic waterways Maj. Gen. Khaled Ali Mohammed Al-Qamali, Commander of Yemen Coast Guard The Republic of Yemen occupies an internationally recognized strategic location with a coastline that extends south from the southern Red Sea, through the Bab el-Mandeb at a critical maritime chokepoint, before turning east along the Gulf of Aden and onward into the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean. The vital international shipping lanes that run along Yemen’s coast mean that Yemen’s maritime security is vital to ensure the continued safe and unhindered flow of commerce. Closure of the Bab el-Mandeb…
I would like to express thanks and appreciation to U.S. Central Command for dedicating a special issue of Unipath magazine to Yemen and the efforts of the heroes of the Yemeni Armed Forces to restore legitimacy and repel the threat of Houthi aggression with the support of Arab coalition forces. The Armed Forces stand courageously as one with the Yemeni people to fulfill our common destiny of repelling the Iranian-supported Houthis, whose misdeeds extend beyond the borders and geography of Yemen. The Yemeni leadership is engaged in two simultaneous battles: a battle against the Houthi coup on various fronts and another…
The destabilization of Yemen fits into Tehran’s strategy of exporting extremism MOAMMAR AL-ERYANI, Yemeni Minister of Information With every passing day, the Iranian regime reveals its devastating and catastrophic role and impact on the security of the region and the world. This role placed the regime among terrorist entities that harm not only its people but also the security of the world as a whole. Tehran established its horrific image as never before when its fingerprints clearly appeared on the terrorist attacks on oil tankers in the Arabian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, Saudi oil pumping stations and the downing…
UNIPATH STAFF The discovery of sophisticated Iranian weaponry aboard a Yemeni dhow in February 2020 replicates a pattern of Iranian arms smuggling that has enflamed violence in the Arabian Peninsula. A boarding party from the U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy intercepted the dhow in the Arabian Sea and seized an arms cache destined for the Houthis in Yemen. The illicit arsenal — which included 150 anti-tank guided missiles — violated a United Nations Security Council embargo on supplying weapons to Houthi leaders and their representatives. Among the seized weapons were surface-to-air missiles, thermal imaging scopes for launching nighttime attacks,…
UNIPATH STAFF Egyptian security forces killed 16 militants in a raid on two hideouts in the northern city of el-Arish in March 2019. According to the Egyptian Interior Ministry, the militants were planning to carry out a series of terrorist attacks against vital installations and important figures in the city. Ten terrorists were killed after security forces raided their hideout in an abandoned house. Six others were killed in another raid while exchanging fire with security forces. The ministry’s statement confirmed the discovery of firearms, ammunition, bombs and suicide belts at the two sites. The raids came after terrorists attacked…
UNIPATH STAFF The Yemeni government is addressing concerns that the country’s civil war is endangering pregnant women and newborn babies. Despite a planned withdrawal of troops from the Red Sea port of Hodeidah — a break in hostilities negotiated with the help of United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths — women’s health has suffered from the conflict. Maternal mortality rate rose in 2018 to about 500 deaths per 100,000 live births, nearly triple the rate of 2014, according to Dr. Najib al-Qubati, undersecretary of the Yemeni Ministry of Public Health. In a workshop in Sanaa organized by the…
UNIPATH STAFF A key part of the Jordan Armed Forces — its female nursing corps — reinforced its ranks during a graduation ceremony at the Princess Muna College of Nursing at Mu’tah University. Under the patronage of Maj. Gen. Saad Jaber, director general of the Royal Medical Services, the college graduated female students for enrollment in the Armed Forces in March 2019. Dean of the College Dr. Hala Obeidat commended Princess Muna al-Hussein’s continuous efforts to improve the quality of education and noted how the leadership of the Jordan Armed Forces was grateful for the additional personnel. “Adorned with the…