A private security and safety services company owned by , Ahmed Saleh Ali Arrahbi, who was detained and tortured by the Houthi rebels , and the company was confiscated with Abdullah al-Shaer appointed in July 2019 to the role of director.
Abdullah Mesfer al-Shaer is the brother of sanctioned Houthi leader Saleh Mesfer al-Shaer.
Based on the evidence collected, Abdullah likely works in those same realms as his brother Saleh
Some Yemeni news outlets have also suggested that the Houthis use Yemen Armored as a front to legitimize their acquisition of military and security capabilities from Abroad.
In 2019, the United Nations was made aware that “Yemen Armored” had been confiscated and is now under Houthi control, the U.N. said that it had not previously been aware of the change in ownership but
stopped short of saying that it would end its commercial relationship with the company.
It remains unclear whether the U.N. and a host of other humanitarian organizations listed as customers on the company’s website
(e.g., World Food Program, Save the Children, UNICEF, etc.), would continue to patronize the company which apparently serves as a slush fund for the al-Shaer family and finances Houthi-aligned activities.