• Country/entity

  Yemen
  

• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  

• Agreement name

  Dhalea Ceasefire

• Date

  20 Apr 2016

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

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

• Stage

  Ceasefire/related

• Conflict nature

  Government/territory

• Peace process

  Yemen peace process

• Parties

  Representatives of Government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi:
  Ahmad ‘Abadi al-Mu’akar 
  Mohammad Ghalib al- Dhahiri 
  Lieutenant Colonel ‘Ail ‘Abdu al- Ghriani 
  Tahir ‘Abad al-Assad 
  Feysal Satah Shooqran 
  Ahmad Naji al-Sarari 
  Mohammad Mahmood Safian 
  Mohammad ‘Abad al- Shajri 
  
  Representatives of Ansar Allah and the General People's Congress:
  Abdu Salah al-Salami 
  ‘Abdu Salah al-Mashraqi 
  Murad Ghalib Mazahim 
  Na’ran ‘Abdu al-Jalil al-Siadi 
  Mohammad Salah al- Niham 
  ‘Ali Ahmad al- Siadi 
  Mohammad Hussein al- Na’iri 
  Sa’id ‘Ali al- ‘Ansoob

• Third parties

  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• Description

  Two-tier ceasefire agreement, first calling for a ceasefire and separation of forces, which is verified by a commission. Then, during the second stage, the ceasefire introduces confidence building provisions including an exchange of remains, prisoners, guarantees of rights of citizens, movement of citizens and humanitarian aid, and an exchange of mine maps.

• Agreement document

  YE_160410_Dhalea Ceasefire_EN.pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  YE_160410_Dhalea Ceasefire_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Formal structured process
  

• Rationale

  Similarly to the other ceasefire agreements of 2016, this is part of a sub-set of local agreements as part of a series of identical provincially applied agreements, under a broader national effort. The distinction of local level actors does not seem as clear in this agreement where other agreements have involved religious or southern groups, this describes representatives of the 'two main sides' which can be assumed as the Houthis and the GPC and President Hadi's government. There is similar formality by mention of the powers of the committee in relation to implementation. The agreement is set into two stages which provide for the committee monitoring the ending of military operations and the separation of forces, followed by confidence building measures . There are clear provisions laid out regarding safe and free travel for people and humanitarian supplies. There are provisions for the exchange of the deceased from both sides, which is a detail which does not exist in all other similar agreements around this time, so the practice is generally persistent in relation to this set of agreements but with some slight differences laid out in the texts, depending on the province in question.

• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  Yes

• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  There is a reference in the text to the original national agreement made on 10/04/2016, while it does not explicitly reference this as the national process the agreement name is indicative, thus it is not directly quoted here but is considered a link. For all of these local ceasefire agreements in the sub-set, there is a provision in the national text which outlines the implementation of a De-escalation and Coordination Committee, which would consist of military and official government individuals with the aim of coordinating with local committees to encourage implementation. It is possible that this presence is always involved across these agreements, whilst not always explicitly mentioned in the text. In this case, there is more reference to 'the committee' directly in reference to the national agreement signed in Saudi Arabia (while this is not always the case across this set of ceasefire agreements).

• Name of Locale

  Al Dhali'(Ad Dhale) governorate

• Nature Of Locale

  Region

• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  13.707094, 44.737615

• Participant type

  Central state actor
  Local armed group
  

• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

In the Name of Allah the Merciful

Praise be to Allah (O, you who believe.

Enter in Islam completely, and do not follow the footsteps of Satan.

Indeed, he is for you an enemy open.)

Peace and blessing be upon His Noble Messenger and upon his family and companions and those after:

Based on the agreement signed in South Dhahran in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 10/4/2016 between us as the two sides, the committee agreed on a ceasefire in the Governorate of Dhalea, Saudi Arabia, on 20/4/2016 in the City of Dumet.

It was agreed on the following points:

Firstly:

1-It is confirmed that there will be a ceasefire in all its forms and shapes, starting from (22:00) 10 in the evening of the Wednesday corresponding to 20/4/2016, on all fronts of battle (Maris/Dumet and Hamak/al-Khashiba) and those places of fighting which come under these.

2-There will be a full end of all forms of military operations, including advances, retreats, expansions and developments on new places in the general governorate.

3- The Committee will directly supervise the ceasefire.

4-There has been established a monitoring, control, contact, communication and coordination operations room for the Committee.

Secondly:

After the period of ceasefire, retreats and advances, the following steps will be implemented:

1-The Red Crescent and the Red Cross, or whoever represents them, will facilitate the exchanging of deceased from the two sides, if any.

In addition, these organisations will be protected while doing so.

2-There will be an end and prohibition of the abuse of citizens and travellers on roads and checkpoints.

Their rights will be preserved.

3-There will be facilitation of the passage and entry of humanitarian aid and relief.

Their distribution will be supervised.

4-The mine maps will be delivered to the military members in the Committee.

In the case [these maps] are not found, their location will be determined.

5-The Prisoners Committee will return the prisoners and process the list of prisoners and detainees from both sides.

It will also coordinate the final steps of their release with the Central Prisoner’s Committee.

Side 1:

Ahmad ‘Abadi al-Mu’akar

Mohammad Ghalib al- Dhahiri

Lieutenant Colonel ‘Ail ‘Abdu al- Ghriani

Tahir ‘Abad al-Assad

Feysal Satah Shooqran

Ahmad Naji al-Sarari

Mohammad Mahmood Safian

Mohammad ‘Abad al- Shajri

Side 2:

Abdu Salah al-Salami

‘Abdu Salah al-Mashraqi

Murad Ghalib Mazahim

Na’ran ‘Abdu al-Jalil al-Siadi

Mohammad Salah al- Niham

‘Ali Ahmad al- Siadi

Mohammad Hussein al- Na’iri

Sa’id ‘Ali al- ‘Ansoob