The Popular Resistance ( ''Al-Muqawamat ash-Sha'abiyah''), also known as Popular Resistance Committees, are armed groups that have been established in several Yemeni provinces during the
Yemeni Civil War, after the
Houthi takeover in Yemen
The Houthi takeover in Yemen, also known by the Houthis as the September 21 Revolution, or 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état (by opponents), was a popular revolution against Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi led by the Houthis and their suppo ...
. They fight alongside the Yemeni army loyal to president
Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi (born 1 September 1945) is a Yemeni politician and former military officer who served as the second president of Yemen from 2012 until his resignation in 2022. He previously served as the second vice president of Yemen fro ...
, and the
Popular committees. They are currently fighting against the
Houthi
The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Zaydi Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaydi Shias, with their namesake leadership being drawn largely ...
fighters, and forces loyal to former president,
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Ali Abdullah Saleh Affash (21 March 1947There is a dispute as to Saleh's date of birth, some saying that it was on 21 March 1942. See: However, by Saleh's own confession (an interview recorded in a YouTube video), he was born in 1947.4 Decembe ...
. In some provinces, they have united with the Popular Committees to fight against
AQAP.
Fighters
As of April 10, 2015, reports state that the popular resistance was formed by ordinary people to defend their homes against the Houthis during the
Battle of Aden. After their creation, the resistance has played a major role during several battles, such as the
Battle of Taiz and the
Abyan campaign (March–August 2015)
The Abyan campaign was a 2015 campaign for control of the Abyan Governorate of Yemen, between the Houthis and Yemen Army units loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh on one side, and militiamen and Yemen Army units loyal to Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi on the ...
.
References
See also
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Ali Abdullah Saleh
Ali Abdullah Saleh Affash (21 March 1947There is a dispute as to Saleh's date of birth, some saying that it was on 21 March 1942. See: However, by Saleh's own confession (an interview recorded in a YouTube video), he was born in 1947.4 Decembe ...
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Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi (born 1 September 1945) is a Yemeni politician and former military officer who served as the second president of Yemen from 2012 until his resignation in 2022. He previously served as the second vice president of Yemen fro ...
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Aidarus al-Zoubaidi
Major general, Major General Aidarus Qassem Abdulaziz Al-Zubaidi (born 1967; ) is the Vice President within the Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) and president of the Southern Transitional Council and the de facto leader of the South ...
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Popular Committees (Yemen)
The Popular Committees (), also known as the People's Committees, are armed groups formed by Tribes of Yemen, Yemeni tribes on behalf of more professional Yemeni Armed Forces, armed forces.
Overview
The Yemeni army has required the support of tr ...
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Southern Movement
The Southern Movement (), sometimes known as the Southern Separatist Movement, or South Yemen Movement, or Aden Movement, and colloquially known as al-Hirak (), is a political movement and paramilitary organization active in the south of Yemen ...
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South Yemen Insurgency
Organizations of the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
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