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| Information on Yemeni militias |
| 2026-10-22 |
Translated Text: Information on Yemeni militias The forces of the legitimate government in Yemen are a collection of militias and not an organized army as some may think. These militias include the following: 1- The Homeland Shield Brigades 2- The Emergency Forces 3- The Giants Militias (Salafi Jihadist) 4- The Tawhid Brigade (Salafi) 5- The Islah Militias (Muslim Brotherhood) 6- Tariq Saleh's militias, the Republican Guard (Separatist) 7- The Southern Resistance Militias (Separatist), which branch out into the Shabwa Elite Forces and the Security Belt Forces of the Transitional Council Their strength lies in the massive external support they receive from Gulf countries—media, financial, political, and military—along with international recognition. Their weakness is that they are fragmented and fighting among themselves and internally, with vast ideological differences. Moreover, they do not manufacture their own weapons but receive them ready-made, making them weak in the field. They also lack military decision-making authority and freedom of movement, and as a result, they are placed in extremely naive positions where they become prey to the Sana'a forces. The number of these forces is very large, reaching hundreds of thousands. Yet, they have been powerless for 12 years in the war against the Houthis, for reasons I've mentioned both in the past and recently, and there's no need to detail them now. |
| Posted by:badanov |