Agreement to Cease Fire between the Tihami Movement in Harah al-Yamin and Ansar Allah
Country/entity
YemenRegion
Middle East and North AfricaAgreement name
Agreement to Cease Fire between the Tihami Movement in Harah al-Yamin and Ansar AllahDate
24 Oct 2014Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreedInterim arrangement
YesAgreement/conflict level
Intrastate/local conflict ()Stage
Ceasefire/relatedConflict nature
Inter-groupPeace process
Yemen Inter-group AgreementsParties
On behalf of the Tihama Movement (Hārah al-Yamin):
Mamdūh Muhammad ‘Issā Zayla’ī Muhammad ‘Aysh Āhmad Muhammad Āhmad Jamālī Muhammad ‘Aysh Hassan
Shahab Muhammad al-‘Adīn Hassan Hādī Muhammad ‘Abd al-Rizāq
On behalf of Ansar Allah:
Ābū TahaThird parties
-Description
Short agreement between the Tihami Movement in Harah al-Yamin, Hudaydah, and Ansar Allah.
Agreement document (original language)
Local agreement properties
Process type
Informal but persistent processRationale
This agreement, whilst fairly ambiguous in regard to the provisions set out, appears to broadly fit with a practice of local signing at this time in the conflict. There seems to be a pattern at this time whereby groups that had originally taken a strong anti-Ansar Allah stance, are signing agreements of co-existence with the Houthis in order to preserve their local areas based on the recognition of public needs. There is also a clear culture involving signing and implementation being led by key societal figures or notables and the parties involved; often the societal figures involved are directly affiliated to the parties or interests of the agreement. The responsibility for a resolution, implementation and monitoring generally rests with the parties themselves. Generally, there does not tend to be an external influence in these examples. It is also a highly localised agreement, specific to a conflict incident in the city and the agreement explicitly addresses a very specific area. It appears implicit that the Tihami movement are not agreeing to fully cede control of the area to the Houthis. There is clear reference to working together with Ansar Allah and importantly the history of the Tihami. They had up until this agreement held a strong presence in the area, controlling a number of strategically important buildings around the hotel (which is the location of the conflict incident referenced in the agreement), including the castle in Hudaydah.Is there a documented link to a national peace process?
TLink to national process: articulated rationale
The wider peace process is not specifically mentioned in the text. There is also no further research which indicates a clear structural link to the national peace process.Name of Locale
Hārah al-Yamin neighbourhood, Hudaydah cityNature Of Locale
SmallerGPS Lat/Long (DD)
14.790500, 42.943162Participant type
Local armed groupMediator, facilitator or similar
No mention of mediator or similar
Local issues
- Ritual/prayer and process (including use of scripture)
No specific mention.
- Grievance ListPage 1, Paragraph 1: a misunderstanding that resulted in martyrs and several wounded on both sides after armed groups arrived in front of the hotel. We all desire to turn a new page to heal the wounds. We are all brothers and we commit to not repeat the misunderstanding between us and Ansar Allah
Page 1, Paragraph 2: We ask Ansar Allah to cooperate with use in securing the area for the sake of public and private interest. The sons of Tihamah have long suffered and been deprived stand together in a way that leads all people to dignity - Cattle rustling/banditry
No specific mention.
- Social cover
No specific mention.
Agreement to Cease Fire between the Tihami Movement in Harah al-Yamin [Hudaydah] and Ansar Allah
We, the sons of al-Fakhāmah, Hārah al-Yamin,1 beginning from the border of ‘King Mall’ and ending with the Ībrāhīm al-Qamātī Building, pledge to not repeat the events that occurred on Thursday 23/10/2014 in front of Hotel al-Fakhāmah from a misunderstanding that resulted in martyrs and several wounded on both sides after armed groups arrived in front of the hotel.
We all desire to turn a new page to heal the wounds.
We are all brothers and we commit to not repeat the misunderstanding between us and Ansar Allah and combined efforts must be made to get out of [resolve] crises where everyone suffers and no one is served.
We ask Ansar Allah to cooperate with use in securing the area for the sake of public and private interest.
The sons of Tihamah have long suffered and been deprived stand together in a way that leads all people to dignity.
The requirement [contained in this agreement] does not diverge [from these principles].
All parties committed on 24/10/2014.
Signatories
On behalf of the Tihama Movement (Hārah al-Yamin):
Mamdūh Muhammad ‘Issā
Zayla’ī Muhammad ‘Aysh
Āhmad Muhammad Āhmad Jamālī Muhammad ‘Aysh Hassan
Shahab Muhammad al-‘Adīn Hassan Hādī
Muhammad ‘Abd al-Rizāq
On behalf of Ansar Allah:
Ābū Taha