Who is named on the ground

Groups, units and organisations named in footage geolocated by GeoConfirmed and in the Telegram and X posts it cites. For each: who leads it, what it belongs to, who it appears with.

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named actors

30 days

images naming one

out of 60

publications

Telegram and X naming one

with a public record

of the 10 first

01Most named

An image counts once per actor, whether it is in GeoConfirmed's unit list, in the description or in the original post. Trend: against the 30 days before.

#	Actor	Images	Posts	Trend	Leadership	Mostly seen
1	Houthispolitical movement · Yemen	35	7	+75 %	Abd al-Malik al-Houthi	Yemen
2	Ansar AllahOther · Saudi Arabia	17		new	no record	Yemen
3	Government of Yemengovernment · Yemen	15		+650 %	·	Yemen
4	Saudi Air ForceAir force · Saudi Arabia	8		+700 %	no record	Yemen
5	Southern Giants BrigadeBrigades, regiments, battalions · Yemen	7		new	no record	Yemen
6	Yemeni Armed ForcesCorps, armies, forces · Yemen	6		≈	no record	Yemen
7	22nd Infantry BrigadeBrigades, regiments, battalions	3		new	no record	Yemen
8	Royal Saudi Air ForceAir force · Saudi Arabia	1		≈	record to read	Yemen
9	Saudi affiliated militiaOther · Saudi Arabia	1		new	no record	Yemen
10	Southern Giants BrigadesBrigades, regiments, battalions	1		new	record to read	Yemen

02Records of the first twenty

Leadership, founders and affiliations from Wikidata; allies and opponents from the English Wikipedia infobox. A unit without a record is shown as GeoConfirmed names it.

Houthis

political movement · Yemen · since 1994 · HQ Saada

35images
7 posts
+75 %

Yemeni Islamist organization.

Leadership: Abd al-Malik al-Houthi (since 2004)
Founded by: Hussein al-Houthi (died 2004)
affiliation: Axis of Resistance
Designated terrorist by: Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, United States, Canada, Israel
Appears with: Government of Yemen (12)
Ansar Allah (8)other side
Saudi Air Force (2)other side
22nd Infantry Brigade (2)
Mostly seen: Yemen (27), Saudi Arabia (6) · Oct 6 → Oct 25
Latest images: Oct 25, Abha Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia)
Oct 25, Yasaihar (Yemen)
Oct 25, Yasaihar (Yemen)

Sources : Wikidata Q3042087 · Wikipédia

Ansar Allah

Other · Saudi Arabia

17images
new

Name given by GeoConfirmed : « Ansar Allah ». No record attached : no public record under this name.

Appears with: Houthis (8)other side
Southern Giants Brigade (4)other side
22nd Infantry Brigade (3)
Yemeni Armed Forces (3)other side
Mostly seen: Yemen (15), Saudi Arabia (2) · Oct 19 → Oct 30
Latest images: Oct 30, Yemen
Oct 27, Yemen
Oct 27, Murad (Yemen)

Government of Yemen

government · Yemen

15images
+650 %

National government.

Appears with: Houthis (12)
Yemeni Armed Forces (1)
Mostly seen: Yemen (15) · Oct 9 → Oct 17
Latest images: Oct 17, Dar Qashimiyah (Yemen)
Oct 15, Aden (Yemen)
Oct 15, Taizz (Yemen)

Sources : Wikidata Q28492198 · Wikipédia

Saudi Air Force

Air force · Saudi Arabia

8images
+700 %

Name given by GeoConfirmed : « Saudi Air Force ». No record attached : no public record under this name.

Appears with: Houthis (2)other side
Ansar Allah (1)
Mostly seen: Yemen (5), Saudi Arabia (2) · Oct 9 → Oct 27
Latest images: Oct 27, Tuwaiq (Saudi Arabia)
Oct 25, Abha Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia)
Oct 18, Mocha (at sea)

Southern Giants Brigade

Brigades, regiments, battalions · Yemen

7images
new

Name given by GeoConfirmed : « Southern Giants Brigade ». No record attached : no public record under this name.

Appears with: Ansar Allah (4)other side
Yemeni Armed Forces (2)
Houthis (1)
Mostly seen: Yemen (7) · Oct 18 → Nov 2
Latest images: Nov 2, Murad (Yemen)
Oct 27, Murad (Yemen)
Oct 21, Murad (Yemen)

Yemeni Armed Forces

Corps, armies, forces · Yemen

6images
≈

Name given by GeoConfirmed : « Yemeni Armed Forces ». No record attached : no public record under this name.

Appears with: Ansar Allah (3)other side
Southern Giants Brigade (2)
Houthis (1)
Government of Yemen (1)
Mostly seen: Yemen (6) · Oct 17 → Nov 4
Latest images: Nov 4, Yemen
Nov 2, Murad (Yemen)
Oct 27, Yemen

22nd Infantry Brigade

Brigades, regiments, battalions

3images
new

Name given by GeoConfirmed : « 22nd Infantry Brigade ». No record attached : several possible records.

Appears with: Ansar Allah (3)
Houthis (2)
Mostly seen: Yemen (3) · Oct 25 → Oct 30
Latest images: Oct 30, Yemen
Oct 25, Yasaihar (Yemen)
Oct 25, Yasaihar (Yemen)

Royal Saudi Air Force

Air force · Saudi Arabia

1images
≈

Name given by GeoConfirmed : « Royal Saudi Air Force ». Attached to Wikidata record Q1414724, read at the next run.

Appears with: Houthis (1)other side
Mostly seen: Yemen (1) · Oct 9
Latest images: Oct 9, Bayt Dahrah (Yemen)

Saudi affiliated militia

Other · Saudi Arabia

1images
new

Name given by GeoConfirmed : « Saudi affiliated militia ». No record attached : no public record under this name.

Appears with: Houthis (1)other side
Mostly seen: Yemen (1) · Oct 19
Latest images: Oct 19, عياذ (Yemen)

Southern Giants Brigades

Brigades, regiments, battalions

1images
new

Name given by GeoConfirmed : « Southern Giants Brigades ». Attached to Wikidata record Q125496784, read at the next run.

Mostly seen: Yemen (1) · Oct 6
Latest images: Oct 6, Dhubab (Yemen)

03Named together

Pairs of actors named in the same images: often the unit striking and the one struck, sometimes two units on the same side.

Government of Yemen · Houthis	12
Houthis · Ansar Allahopposing sides	8
Ansar Allah · Southern Giants Brigadeopposing sides	4
Ansar Allah · Yemeni Armed Forcesopposing sides	3
22nd Infantry Brigade · Ansar Allah	3
Southern Giants Brigade · Yemeni Armed Forces	2
22nd Infantry Brigade · Houthis	2
Houthis · Saudi Air Forceopposing sides	2
Ansar Allah · Saudi Air Force	1
Houthis · Saudi affiliated militiaopposing sides	1