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Muhammad 'Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari
Commander of Ansarallah in Yemen
Commander of Ansarallah in Yemen
TeknonymSayyid Hashim
Religious AffiliationZaydi Shi'a
Birth1983
Place of BirthAl-Madan District, Amran Governorate, Yemen
Place of ResidenceYemen
Death2025
Notable rolesChief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces
ActivitiesCommanding the war against the Saudi coalition and the Zionist regime


Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī (Arabic:محمد عبد الكريم الغماري), known as Sayyid Hāshim, was the former Chief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces and a prominent commander of the Ansarallah movement. Due to his leadership qualities and military successes, he was known by titles such as the "Imad Mughniya of Yemen" and the "Man of Victories." It is said that al-Ghamari had no formal military training; however, he succeeded in changing military equations in Yemen's favor in all battles.

Initially, he joined the opposition against Ali Abdullah Saleh, the then-ruler of Yemen, and participated in various wars against the government. With the rise of Ansarallah's power, al-Ghamari became a senior military manager and planner and joined the Supreme Security Committee of Yemen. Following the start of the war with the Saudi coalition in 2015, he was appointed as the commander of battlefronts and played a significant role in defending various regions of Yemen. His successes led to his appointment as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces in 2016. In 2023, following the extensive attack by Israel on Palestine in the wake of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, al-Ghamari assumed command of military operations against Israel, taking control of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and besieging the ports of the Zionist regime through missile and drone attacks.

Al-Ghamari was one of the founders of Yemen's domestic military production and played a significant role in developing missile and drone technologies as well as improving the country's military structure. Al-Ghamari was consistently a target of assassination by Israel and was eventually martyred by this regime in 2025 alongside his son.

Status

Muhammad 'Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari, the former Chief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces, was considered a prominent commander of the Ansarallah movement and a leading figure of the Axis of Resistance,[1] and his name was linked with the grand strategies of the Axis of Resistance.[2] This issue positioned him as the second most prominent military figure in Yemen.[3] Al-Ghamari was known as Sayyid Hashim[4] and, due to his role and leadership qualities, was famous as the "Imad Mughniya of Yemen"[5] and the "Man of Victories."[6]

It is said that he had received no formal military training, yet in all the battles he commanded, he shifted military equations in Yemen's favor and never experienced defeat.[7] Major General al-Ghamari was placed under sanctions by the United States Department of the Treasury and the United Nations Security Council starting in 2021.[8] According to claims by some news agencies, in addition to undergoing ideological and military courses under the supervision of Hezbollah of Lebanon, he had also received specialized training related to the construction of ballistic missile systems in Iran.[9]

Joining Ansarallah of Yemen

See also: Ansar Allah (Yemen)

'Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari was born in 1983 in al-Madan district of Amran Governorate, Yemen.[10] However, some sources consider him to be from the 'Uzlat Ḍa'in area in Hajjah Governorate.[11] In his youth, coinciding with the beginning of the "Quranic Project" of Ansarallah[12] in 2000[13] or 2002, he joined this group in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen,[14] and began his activity with cultural works.[15]

In 2003, he continued his education at the Shahid Sayyid Husayn Badr al-Din al-Huthi Institute.[16] Al-Ghamari was among the first individuals to play a prominent role in cultural and anti-American activities[17] and actively participated in Ansarallah's struggles.[18]

Fighting the Government

During the rule of Ali Abdullah Saleh, al-Ghamari engaged in opposition to the government and was arrested by state forces during the 2004 war. He was released after some time and also played an active role in the 2007 war.[19] After the end of the Sixth War in 2009, he assumed various military responsibilities, including supervision of Hajjah Governorate,[20] field command in Al Hudaydah Governorate, and responsibility for security affairs in Sana'a.[21]

Responsibilities

With the escalation of developments in Yemen and the rising power of the Ansarallah movement, Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari transformed from a field fighter into one of the senior military managers and planners. In 2014, he became a member of Yemen's Supreme Security Committee, and in 2015, he assumed responsibility for commanding the border forces.[22] In 2016, after proving his capabilities in planning and managing battles, he was appointed as the Chief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces. This position, which is considered the highest executive rank in the Yemeni military hierarchy, was held by him until the moment of his martyrdom.[23]

Confronting the Saudi Coalition Invasion

From 2015, coinciding with the beginning of the Saudi coalition's attacks on Yemen, al-Ghamari was appointed as the commander of the border battlefronts with Saudi Arabia.[24] He played a significant role in defending the regions of Sana'a, Sa'ada, and Marib, and led numerous joint operations against the Saudi coalition forces.[25] In the border regions, from Midi to Jizan, Najran, and parts of Asir, he achieved important advances, successes which forced Riyadh to accede to the Dhahran al-Janub agreement.[26] Until the declaration of the ceasefire in April 2023, al-Ghamari commanded 47 independent fronts across Yemen.[27]

Commanding the War Against the Zionist Regime in Support of Palestine

In 2023, with the commencement of Yemen's military support for Gaza in Palestine, which had come under attack by the Zionist regime following Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, al-Ghamari strategic activities reached their peak. By leading military operations against Israel, he took control of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait[28] and besieged the ports of this regime through missile and drone attacks.[29]

Due to his prominent role in the naval blockade of the Zionist regime, al-Ghamari became known as the "Engineer of the Zionist naval blockade."[30] These activities yielded significant results[31] and turned Yemen into one of the key players in regional equations.[32]

Military Achievements

Major General 'Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari had a significant impact by presenting initiatives and creating strategic changes in the defense and operational fields of Yemen alongside his staff management.[33] Over two decades, he played a key role in military operations[34] and was able to transform the equations of war on internal and regional fronts through his planning.[35]

Muhammad 'Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari alongside Yusuf al-Madani, the new Chief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces

Unification of the Armed Forces

Al-Ghamari played a fundamental role in the structural transformation of the Yemeni Armed Forces.[36] Upon accepting responsibility, he engaged in the reconstruction and unification of the country's armed forces.[37] During his command, more than one million trained reserve forces were added to Yemen's military structure, playing an important role in strengthening the country's defensive capabilities.[38]

Self-Sufficiency in Military Production

Al-Ghamari is recognized as one of the pioneers of Yemen's domestic military production. Understanding the necessity of self-sufficiency in the face of the blockade and aggression by the foreign coalition, he took extensive steps for Yemen's independence in the field of arms production. These efforts led to significant achievements in the field of missiles and drones.[39] New generations of short-range, medium-range, and long-range missiles were developed, including technology for manufacturing hypersonic and multi-warhead ballistic missiles with a range of over 2000 kilometers.[40]

Engineering Integrated Defense Systems

It is said that al-Ghamari played a major role in strengthening the ground, naval, and air forces of Yemen.[41] By integrating artillery units, air defenses, and the naval fleet into a unified system, he significantly increased the combat capability of the armed forces and made complex operations possible.[42] He also formulated extensive operational plans and offensive tactics by utilizing his experience and knowledge.[43]

Assassination by the Zionist Regime

Funeral ceremony of Muhammad 'Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari and his martyred companions

Due to his strategic position and influence in regional battles, al-Ghamari was consistently a target of assassination by the Zionist regime.[44] In a special operation in Sana'a, Israel attempted to assassinate him but failed.[45] Al-Ghamari was again targeted by terrorist attacks of the Zionist regime and was wounded, and eventually, in 2025,[46] he was martyred along with a number of forces and his 13-year-old son.[47] After him, Major General Yusuf al-Madani was appointed as the new Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.[48]

Al-Ghamari's special status in the Axis of Resistance led some news agencies to regard him as one of the great martyrs of Yemen and the Islamic world.[49] His funeral and burial were held in the capital of Yemen with the massive attendance of the people, military officials, and leaders of the Ansarallah movement.[50]

Military and political figures and groups such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran,[51] the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran,[52] Hamas,[53] and Hezbollah of Lebanon[54] issued statements condemning the Zionist regime and offering condolences on his martyrdom.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī", Pāygāh-i Iṭṭilāʿ-risānī-yi Ḥawzah.
  2. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  3. ↑ "Ḥūthī-hā kushta shudan-i Muḥammad al-Ghamārī, raʾīs-i sitād-i kull-i īn gurūh-i shibh-i niẓāmī rā taʾyīd kardand", Al-Arabiya Farsi.
  4. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  5. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  6. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  7. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  8. ↑ "Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī", Pāygāh-i Iṭṭilāʿ-risānī-yi Ḥawzah.
  9. ↑ "Ḥūthī-hā kushta shudan-i Muḥammad al-Ghamārī, raʾīs-i sitād-i kull-i īn gurūh-i shibh-i niẓāmī rā taʾyīd kardand", Al-Arabiya Farsi.
  10. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  11. ↑ "Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī", Pāygāh-i Iṭṭilāʿ-risānī-yi Ḥawzah.
  12. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  13. ↑ "Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī", Pāygāh-i Iṭṭilāʿ-risānī-yi Ḥawzah.
  14. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  15. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  16. ↑ [1]; "Ḥūthī-hā kushta shudan-i Muḥammad al-Ghamārī, raʾīs-i sitād-i kull-i īn gurūh-i shibh-i niẓāmī rā taʾyīd kardand", Al-Arabiya Farsi.
  17. ↑ "Muhandis-i muḥāṣira-yi daryāyī-yi Ṣahyūnīst-hā", Tasnim.
  18. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  19. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  20. ↑ "Ḥūthī-hā kushta shudan-i Muḥammad al-Ghamārī, raʾīs-i sitād-i kull-i īn gurūh-i shibh-i niẓāmī rā taʾyīd kardand", Al-Arabiya Farsi.
  21. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  22. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  23. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  24. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  25. ↑ "Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī", Pāygāh-i Iṭṭilāʿ-risānī-yi Ḥawzah.
  26. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  27. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  28. ↑ "Muhandis-i muḥāṣira-yi daryāyī-yi Ṣahyūnīst-hā", Tasnim.
  29. ↑ "Muḥammad al-Ghamārī, ʿImād Mughnīya-yi Yaman ki būd?", Hamshahri.
  30. ↑ "Muhandis-i muḥāṣira-yi daryāyī-yi Ṣahyūnīst-hā", Tasnim.
  31. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  32. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  33. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  34. ↑ "Tashyīʿ-i bā-shukūh-i paykar-i maqām-i arshad-i niẓāmī-yi Yamanī", Iranian Diplomacy.
  35. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  36. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  37. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  38. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  39. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  40. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  41. ↑ "Yaman bā Muḥammad al-Ghamārī mard-i pīrūzī-hā widāʿ kard", ABNA.
  42. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  43. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  44. ↑ "Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī", Pāygāh-i Iṭṭilāʿ-risānī-yi Ḥawzah.
  45. ↑ "Teror-i raʾīs-i sitād-i kull-i artish-i Yaman shikast khūrd", Tabnak.
  46. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  47. ↑ "Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī", Pāygāh-i Iṭṭilāʿ-risānī-yi Ḥawzah.
  48. ↑ "Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī", Pāygāh-i Iṭṭilāʿ-risānī-yi Ḥawzah.
  49. ↑ "Sardār Shahīd ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ghamārī; zindigī, dastāwardhā wa naqsh-i istirātizhīk dar Yaman", Yaman al-Islām.
  50. ↑ "Tashyīʿ-i bā-shukūh-i paykar-i maqām-i arshad-i niẓāmī-yi Yamanī", Iranian Diplomacy; "Tashyīʿ-i paykar-i raʾīs-i sitād-i kull-i artish-i Yaman bar dūsh-i hazārān nafar dar Ṣanʿāʾ", Mashregh News.
  51. ↑ "Sarlashkar Pākpūr shahādat-i al-Ghamārī raʾīs-i pīshīn-i sitād-i kull-i nīrūhā-yi mussalaḥ-i Yaman rā tasliyat goft", IRNA.
  52. ↑ "Payām-i tasliyat-i Sarlashkar Mūsavī dar pay-i shahādat-i raʾīs-i sitād-i kull-i nīrūhā-yi mussalaḥ-i Yaman", Defa Press.
  53. ↑ "Bayāniyya-yi Ḥamās dar pay-i shahādat-i raʾīs-i sitād-i nīrūhā-yi mussalaḥ-i Yaman", ISNA.
  54. ↑ "Payām-i Shaykh Naʿīm Qāsim bi rahbar-i Anṣārullāh dar pay-i shahādat-i raʾīs-i sitād-i artish-i Yaman", ISNA.

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