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Abd Rabbo Hussein

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Abd Rabbo Hussein
Native name
Abd Rabbo Hussein
Died22 February 2016
Aden, Yemen
Allegiance Yemen
Service / branch Yemeni Army
Rank General
Commands15th Infantry Brigade
Battles / warsYemeni Civil War

Abd Rabbo Hussein (Arabic: عبد ربه حسين, romanizedʻAbd Rabbih Ḥusayn; d. 22 February 2016, Aden, Yemen) was a Yemeni Army general who commanded the 15th Infantry Brigade of the Hadi government loyalists during the Yemeni Civil War. He was assassinated in February 2016, becoming the highest-ranking commander of the pro-Hadi army to be killed during the conflict. Masked gunmen shot him outside of his residence in Aden, the provisional capital of Yemen.[1]

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  1. ^ Gunmen assassinate top army commander in Yemen's Aden. Xinhua. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016