Force Structures

The president of Yemen is the commander in chief of the country's armed forces. All day-to-day decisions, however, are made by the minister of defense. In 1990, the government announced the formation of a National Defense Council responsible for overseeing all matters related to the military.

On December 24, 2012, President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi announced he was beginning a two-year military restructuring process that would replace or sideline commanders loyal to Yemen's previous...