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Fares Mana'a
Top Yemeni arms dealer and appointed governor of the Saada Governorate by the Houthis in 2011 · Yemen · On the map · Politicians · Born 1965 · age 61
Fares Mohammed Manaa is a Yemeni arms-dealer, businessman, rebel commander and politician. He is said to be Yemen's most famous arms-dealer. Manaa was born on February 8, 1965, in the northern city of Saada.
Fares Mana'a is read about 25 times a day, in 5 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 24 June 2026
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He was an ally of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and member of his ruling GPC party and served as head of his presidential committee and as head of a local council tasked with mediating a peace-deal between the Yemeni government and Houthis during the Shia insurgency in Yemen. His brother was the governor of Saada Governorate at the time.