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289:, in which guards and tribesmen loyal to him attacked government soldiers and facilities in Sana'a beginning on 24 May, the bloodiest fighting seen in Yemen since the beginning of the uprising. On 26 May, Saleh issued warrants for the arrest of Sadiq and the nine other al-Ahmar brothers, charging them with treason. On the same day, the tribal leader vehemently insisted that he would not seek mediation with Saleh, calling the president a "liar" and saying that Saleh would "leave barefoot" if left in power. 42: 1614: 243:. He studied at the undergraduate level in Egypt until his father's relationship with the Egyptian government deteriorated, forcing Sadiq to move back to Yemen to complete his studies. Sadiq continued his studies in the United States beginning in 1982 after graduating in Yemen. He returned to Yemen shortly after earning his small aircraft pilot's licence in 1987. 284:
in Yemen. Sadiq had initially tried to mediate between the opposition and Saleh, but after an incident on 18 March in which government troops opened fire on demonstrators, al-Ahmar formally broke with the regime and joined the opposition, prompting other tribal leaders to do the same. Sadiq's
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in 1993, marking his formal entry into the Yemeni political system. He ascended to the position of tribal chief after the death of his father, Abdullah al-Ahmar, in late 2007. Unlike Abdullah, Sadiq and his brothers have not been seen as supporters of
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relationship with the government continued to deteriorate as the uprising continued, culminating in the
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in these positions after Abdullah's death in 2007. He is best known for his role in the
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Sadiq al-Ahmar was born on 6 October 1956, in the village of al-Khamri, located in the
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Al-Ahmar died of cancer in Jordan, on 6 January 2023, at the age of 66.
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In February 2011, he stepped down from his position in the
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Sadek al-Ahmar

Yemeni Parliament
Hashid Tribe Confederation
Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar
Himyar Abdullah al-Ahmar
Khamir District
Amran Governorate
North Yemen
Amman
Jordan
Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar
Himyar Abdullah al-Ahmar
Hamid al-Ahmar
Sheikh
Arabic
Hashid
Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar
2011 Yemeni uprising
Battle of Sana'a
'Amran Governorate
Sana'a
North Yemen
Assembly of Representatives of Yemen
Ali Abdullah Saleh
al-Qaeda
war against the terror organisation
Yemeni General People's Congress
popular protest movement
Battle of Sana'a

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