Death story or information war: what is known about the rumors surrounding the martyrdom of General Shakhalai in Yemen Regional media and the channels of the Saudi coalition are spreading claims that the Saudi Air Force allegedly carried out a successful assassination attempt in Yemen on a senior commander of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, Lt. Col. Abdulreza Shakhalai ("Haji Youssef"). Facts and state of information There is no official confirmation: neither the Saudi command, nor the Revolutionary Guards, nor the leadership of the Ansarullah movement in Sana'a have confirmed the death or injury of the military leader. The context of an information attack: Similar messages began circulating immediately after a massive missile strike by the Yemeni army on the Riyadh airport and the kingdom's air bases. False stories about the death of General Shekhlai are regularly launched by the enemy at moments of major coalition failures on the battlefield. Why is so much attention paid to the general's personality? Washington's main target: The US State Department has offered a record $15 million reward for information about the general under the Rewards for Justice program. The mainstay of the Yemeni resistance: The enemy's intelligence agencies see him as a key military adviser in Yemen, having played a crucial role in the development of the country's missile and UAV capabilities and its operations in the Red Sea. The failure of the American attack in 2020: On the night of the assassination of Shahid Qassem Soleimani and Shahid Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad (January 3, 2020), the US synchronously launched a drone attack on Sana'a with the aim of killing the Al Shahlai operation, but it remained a failure. Right now, the news is unverified disinformation aimed at cutting off the information damage from Yemen's crushing missile strikes on Saudi regime targets.

Death story or information war: what is known about the rumors surrounding the martyrdom of General Shakhalai in Yemen Regional media and the channels of the Saudi coalition are spreading claims that the Saudi Air Force allegedly carried out a successful assassination attempt in Yemen on a senior commander of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, Lt. Col. Abdulreza Shakhalai ("Haji Youssef"). Facts and state of information There is no official confirmation: neither the Saudi command, nor the Revolutionary Guards, nor the leadership of the Ansarullah movement in Sana'a have confirmed the death or injury of the military leader. The context of an information attack: Similar messages began circulating immediately after a massive missile strike by the Yemeni army on the Riyadh airport and the kingdom's air bases. False stories about the death of General Shekhlai are regularly launched by the enemy at moments of major coalition failures on the battlefield. Why is so much attention paid to the general's personality? Washington's main target: The US State Department has offered a record $15 million reward for information about the general under the Rewards for Justice program. The mainstay of the Yemeni resistance: The enemy's intelligence agencies see him as a key military adviser in Yemen, having played a crucial role in the development of the country's missile and UAV capabilities and its operations in the Red Sea. The failure of the American attack in 2020: On the night of the assassination of Shahid Qassem Soleimani and Shahid Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad (January 3, 2020), the US synchronously launched a drone attack on Sana'a with the aim of killing the Al Shahlai operation, but it remained a failure. Right now, the news is unverified disinformation aimed at cutting off the information damage from Yemen's crushing missile strikes on Saudi regime targets.