To help maintain his power during more than three decades of rule, Saleh turned again and again to the Ahmars, in a symbiotic relationship not unlike his bond to Maj. Gen. Ali Mohsen, the country ...

To spare himself of the embarrassment of further political losses, Saleh sacked his entire cabinet on March 20. Just one day later, General Ali Mohsen, Saleh’s former chief military advisor ...

Several top Yemeni army commanders have declared their support for anti-government protesters seeking the resignation of the country’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh. Major General Ali Mohsen ...

General Ali Mohsen Saleh was the first to go. He ordered the troops under his command to protect the protesters. The Houthis, a group of Shia rebels who fought a long-running war with Saleh’s ...

He recently took control of seven brigades that had been commanded by Saleh’s son, Ahmed, as well as another five which had been under control of General Ali Mohsen, Saleh’s rival. The Gulf ...

Major General Ali Mohsen Saleh, the head of the north western military zone and the head of the first armoured division, said on Monday that he had deployed army units to protect the protesters.