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Abdul-Rab al-Shadadi

Abdul-Rab al-Shadadi
Birth name Abdul-Rab al-Shadadi
Died 7 October 2016
near Sana'a, Yemen
Allegiance  Yemen
Service/branch Yemeni Army
Rank YemeniArmyInsignia-MajorGeneral.PNG Major general
Commands held Third Military Region
Battles/wars Yemeni Civil War

Abdul-Rab al-Shadadi (died 7 October 2016, near Sana'a, Yemen) was a Yemeni Army major general who served the President Abd Rabu Mansur Hadi. The commander of the Third Military Region, which has its headquarters in the city of Marib. He is the most senior member of the Hadi government's forces to have been killed in the Yemeni Civil War. Al-Shadadi was killed in an artillery strike during an offensive east of the city of Sana'a by Houthi fighters.


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