Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar

Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar (Arabic: علي محسن الأحمر‎ also called Ali Mohsen Saleh Arabic: علي محسن صالح‎) is the general of the Yemeni army. Born in Sanhan village, Sana'a - Yemen on 20 June 1945. He is rumored to be the half brother of the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh from a different father.^{[citation needed]}. He serves as President Saleh's chief military adviser. He helped recruit Islamist radicals to fight in Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan War.^[1]

On March 21, 2011, he said he would protect the anti-government Yemeni protesters, along with other top Yemeni army commanders, in a move that was later condemned as mutinous by President Saleh.^[2]

See also

• 2011 Yemeni uprising

References

1. ^ "Profile: Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar". History Commons. http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=ali_mohsen_al_ahmar_1. 
2. ^ "Top Yemeni general, Ali Mohsen, backs opposition". BBC News. 21 March 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12804552. 

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