Aidarus al-Zoubaidi
Yemeni politician and officer
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| Intro | Yemeni politician and officer | |
| Places | Yemen | |
| is | Politician Major general | |
| Work field | Military Politics | |
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Aidarus al-Zoubaidi is a Yemeni politician and militia leader, who has been the governor of the Aden province since December 2015.
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Al-Zoubaidi is a former militia commander from the Dhale province who remained loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi during the Yemeni Civil War. He was appointed to be the governor of Aden in early December 2015, after the previous one, Major General Jaafar Mohammed Saad, was assassinated in a car bombing. In early January 2016, he survived an assassination attempt by ISIL when a bomb exploded near by his convoy, and at least one bodyguard was killed.