Known Also As: Al-Hamzi, Ahmad ‘Ali; Al-Hamzi, Ahmad ‘Ali Ahsan; Al-Hamzi, Ahmed Ali; Al-Hamzi, Muti’;

Born: 1985;

Country: Yemen;

POB: Sanaa al-Hamzat, Yemen

Activities:
Ahmad ‘Ali Ahsan al-Hamzi, the commander of Yemen’s Houthi-aligned Yemeni Air Force and Air Defense Forces, as well as its UAV program, has acquired Iranian-made weapons for use in the Yemen civil war.

Houthi military forces under Major General Ahmad ‘Ali al-Hamzi’s command have carried out targeted UAV strikes. Like Al-Sa’adi, al-Hamzi has received training in Iran.

Mansur Al-Sa’adi is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13611 for having engaged in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability of Yemen, such as acts that obstruct the implementation of the agreement of November 23, 2011, between the Government of Yemen and those in opposition to it, which provides for a peaceful transition of power in Yemen, or that obstruct the political process in Yemen.