The murdered Houthi Ahmed Al-Hamzi...a failed student and a thief covered by international sanctions

The terrorist Houthi militia, Iran's arm in Yemen, has admitted the death of one of its prominent military leaders, Ahmed Ali al-Hamzi, whom it appointed as commander of the Air Force and Air Defense, in early 2019.

Houthi official media said that Al-Hamzi died of an injury he suffered earlier, without disclosing any other details in this aspect, which adds more ambiguity to the details of his death.

Among the available information about the Houthi leader, Ahmed Al-Hamzi, is that he hails from the Maran region of Saada Governorate, the main stronghold of the militia leader, Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, and assumed this position to succeed the first responsible for launching ballistic missiles and drones, Major General Ibrahim Al-Shami, who was killed in mysterious circumstances.

Activists and journalists point out that Al-Sari’ was a failed student at the Technical Institute of the Air Force, and he was dismissed from the institute during the era of the former Air Force Commander, Major General Staff Pilot Muhammad Saleh Al-Ahmar, on charges of theft, according to the journalist Muhammad Al-Dhabiani, who considered this confirmation that the militia does not belong to it. Except murderers, criminals, thieves and bandits.

Despite the scarcity of information available about Al-Hamzi, he is one of those included 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.

المصدر: نيوزيمن