The Tihamah Resistance is an armed group formed by locals of Yemen's
Tihamah Region
The Federalization of Yemen is the proposed transformation of Yemen from a unitary state to a federal state. Driven by the significant economic, religious, political, and historical differences between the northern and southern parts as well as th ...
,
aiming to resist Houthi control of the west coast region of Yemen. The group was formed in 2014, when Houthis
seized Al Hudaydah
Hodeidah (), also transliterated as Hodeda, Hodeida, Hudaida or al-Hudaydah, is the fourth-largest city in Yemen and its Hudaydah Port, principal port on the Red Sea and it is the centre of Al Hudaydah Governorate. As of 2023, it had an estimate ...
and the rest of North-Western
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 ...
. The group was active in 2015 at the start of the war, participating in the
Battle of Taiz on the side of the pro-Hadi coalition. In December 2017, the group took part in the
Al Hudaydah governorate offensive, alongside UAE, Saudi, Hadi loyalists and
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 ...
fighters.
The group is closely aligned with
Tareq Saleh
Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh (; born 1970) is a Yemeni military commander and the nephew of the late President Ali Abdullah Saleh. He is currently a member of the presidential council of Yemen. His father was Major-General Mohammed Abdullah Sal ...
's
National Resistance, and the
Giants Brigades.
See also
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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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Houthi Movement
The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Zaydism, Zaydi Shia Islamism, Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaydi Shias, with their namesake leadersh ...
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Battle of Al Hudaydah
References
2014 establishments in Yemen
Arab militant groups
Arab separatism
Independence movements
Organizations established in 2014
Organizations of the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
Paramilitary organizations based in Yemen
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