Who is the Most Powerful Military Figure in South Yemen?

Starting in a Salafi Islamic school, he transitioned into the honey trade and construction industry before emerging as a formidable southern military leader.

Rise to Power

Abdulrahman Saleh Zain Aqeel Al-Mahrmi, known as "Abu Zara’a Al-Mahrmi," is a Yemeni businessman, military commander, and politician born on February 3, 1980, in Jabal Muharram, Rasd District, Yafa, Abyan Governorate. Coming from a well-known Yafe’i tribal family, his father served as senior security officer of Yafa districts. As a child, his family relocated to Aden, where he excelled academically, earning top grades in school and memorizing the entire Quran during high school.