Agreement to Cease Fire between the Tihami Movement in Harah al-Yamin and Ansar Allah

• Country/entity

  Yemen
  
• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  
• Agreement name

  Agreement to Cease Fire between the Tihami Movement in Harah al-Yamin and Ansar Allah
• Date

  24 Oct 2014
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Yemeni Civil Wars (1994) (2011 - ) )
• Stage

  Ceasefire/related
• Conflict nature

  Inter-group
• Peace process

  Yemen Inter-group Agreements
• Parties

  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
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  Short agreement between the Tihami Movement in Harah al-Yamin, Hudaydah, and Ansar Allah.

• Agreement document

  YE_141024_Agreement to Cease Fire between the Tihami Movement in Harah al-Yamin and Ansar Allah_EN.pdf | Download PDF
• Agreement document (original language)

  YE_141024_Agreement to Cease Fire between the Tihami Movement in Harah al-Yemen and Ansar Allah_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Informal but persistent process
  
• Rationale

  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?

  T
• Link 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 city
• Nature Of Locale

  Smaller
• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  14.790500, 42.943162
• Participant type

  Local armed group
  
• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

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