Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh (; born 1970) is a

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

i military commander and the nephew of the late 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 ...

. He is currently a member of the presidential council of Yemen. His father was Major-General

Mohammed Abdullah Saleh Major General Mohammed Abdullah Saleh Afash (; 1939 -2001) was the first chief of staff of the Special Security Forces (Yemen), Yemeni Central Security Forces and one of its leaders and the brother of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, Al ...

. Prior to the national crisis beginning in 2011, he headed the elite Presidential Guard. In 2012, he was ordered to stand down from this position. On 10 April 2013, he was appointed as a

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in an effort to remove the remnants of the previous regime. He re-emerged as a commander in 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 ...

-Saleh alliance when the Yemeni Civil War broke out in 2015. When this alliance collapsed in 2017, Tareq Saleh commanded troops loyal to his uncle. Prior to the collapse of the pro-Saleh forces, the

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-owned

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reported that negotiations were ongoing to form a military council in Saleh-held areas, which would have been headed by Tareq. Following his uncle's death, reports emerged that the younger Saleh had also been killed. However, these were never confirmed, and Houthi forces launched a manhunt. Saleh evaded capture and eventually resurfaced in the

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loyalist-held

Shabwah Governorate Shabwah () is a governorate (province) of Yemen. Its main town is Ataq. It was named after the ancient south Arabian city of Shabwa. During the Yemeni Civil War in 2015, the province became a battleground. The battle, known as the Shabwah Ca ...

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Yemeni military officers Yemeni military personnel of the Yemeni civil war (2014–present) 1970 births Living people People from Sanaa Saleh family Members of the Presidential Leadership Council {{Asia-mil-bio-stub