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Major General Jaafar Mohammed Saad (Arabic: جعفر محمد سعد; born 1950 – died 6 December 2015) was a Yemeni politician and soldier.[1]

Biography

Saad was a soldier for South Yemen before unification with North Yemen in 1990.[2] Local officials said he fought for South Yemen in the Yemeni Civil War of 1994 and later lived in exile in Egypt and the United Kingdom.[3]

Saad, who held the rank of Major-General, helped government forces defend the city of Aden from Houthis in the Yemeni Civil War of 2015.[4] He was appointed as Governor of Aden Governorate on 9 October 2015.[4]

Death

Saad was assassinated in a car bombing on his convoy in the Tawahi district of Aden on 6 December 2015. Five of his bodyguards died as well. Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the attack.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ ""رجــــال في ذاكــــرة التـاريـــخ" الشهيد جعفر محمد سعد.. قائد معركة "غضب عدن" قتله مرتزقة الجنوب". www.alayyam.info (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Governor of Aden in Yemen killed in an explosion, say, officials". The Guardian. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Yemen's Aden governor Jaafar Mohammed Saad killed in car bombing claimed by Islamic State", from ABC.net.au
  4. ^ a b Fares al-Jalal (12 October 2015). "Securing Aden: New governor attempts to 'integrate' armed groups". Al-Araby. Retrieved 6 December 2015.


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