The Yemeni National Resistance (Arabic: المقاومه الوطنيه اليمنيه‎) is an elite formation of approximately 3,000-10,000 previous members of Yemeni Republican Guard and Central Security Organization commanded by Tareq Saleh, nephew of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and loyal to Hadi-led government fighting against the Houthi movement in the 2015 Yemen Civil War.[1]