Ahmed Ali Hassan Al-Hamzi
In a statement, the Houthi group mourned Ahmed Ali Hassan al-Hamzi, one of its most prominent military leaders who assumed the rank of commander of the Air Force and Air Defense, with the rank of major general.
Arabic. Net – Ossan Salem
Posted on: August 06, 2023: 04:13 PM GST Last updated: August 06, 2023: 05:15 PM GST
Today, Sunday, the Houthi group announced the death of the so-called commander of its air forces, Ahmed Al-Hamzi, who is listed on the international sanctions list of the Security Council, as he is responsible for carrying out a series of missile attacks and internal and cross-border marches against vital civilian and economic targets and installations, and committing acts that threaten peace, security and stability in the country. Yemen.
In a statement, the Houthi group mourned Ahmed Ali Hassan al-Hamzi, one of its most prominent military leaders who assumed the rank of commander of the Air Force and Air Defense with the rank of major general, and who is also included in the Saudi terrorist list and the American terrorist list.
Ahmed Ali Hassan Al-Hamzi
The obituary statement confirmed that Al-Hamzi died after suffering from illness. without revealing other details.
Al-Hamzi was included at the end of last year in the sanctions list issued by the UN Security Council, as a major player in the Houthi military efforts, which threaten peace, security and stability in Yemen.
The United States also included him, in March 2021, on the list of terrorism, along with Mansour Al-Saadi, the impersonator of the commander of the group’s naval forces, considering the two men responsible for orchestrating attacks on Yemeni civilians, neighboring countries, and commercial ships in international waters.
In September 2022, Saudi Arabia included Al-Hamzi, among the five military leaders of the Houthi militia, on the terrorist list, due to their association with activities supporting the militia.
Al-Hamzi.. From the Unknown to the Air Force Command
No information is available about the Houthi leader, Ahmed Ali Hassan Al-Hamzi, except that he hails from the Maran region of Saada Governorate, the main stronghold of the Houthi militia, and he had no public role before he was suddenly appointed to command the Houthi Air Force.
Al-Hamzi rose to this position at the beginning of 2019, succeeding the prominent Houthi leader appointed by the Houthi militia as commander of the Air Force, and the first responsible for launching ballistic missiles and drones, Major General Ibrahim Al-Shami, who was killed in mysterious circumstances.
The sources suggested at that time that Al-Shami was subjected to liquidation by other Houthi leaders, as the leader of the Houthis before that had imposed house arrest on him, and dismissed him by an unannounced decision.
The leader of the Houthis, Ahmed al-Hamzi, a native of Saada, was appointed commander of the Air Force, although he does not have any military status, but he received training in Iran and owes allegiance to it.
Sources confirmed to Al-Arabiya.net earlier that Al-Hamzi was pushed to this site as a nominal official with confidence to facilitate the work of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Lebanese Hezbollah experts who supervise the assembly and smuggling of booby-trapped and drone planes from Iran, directing their targets and training Houthi elements on them. .
The United States imposed sanctions on the Houthi leader, Al-Hamzi, who it said was “the commander of the Yemeni Air Force and Air Defense Forces allied with the Houthis, in addition to the drone program, and he obtained Iranian-made weapons for use in the Yemeni civil war, and he received training in Iran.”
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2023-08-06 13:15:21
