He also worked alongside Professor Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Zubairi in preaching and calling for the republican system in some areas, then was appointed as a mentor for the National Guard and was assigned to lead a company of the Guard in a number of battles alongside the Egyptian forces in Yemen, and was assigned with Lieutenant Colonels Ahmed Saad Al-Sayani and Muhammad Al-Kebsi to confront the tribes of Khawlan and Sanhan, while they joined the royal forces, co-sponsored with Yahya al-Nihmi to the nihm district; for the same purpose, then he returned to the city of Sanaa, from which he led an army to the city of Hajjah.
It was besieged by the king's forces and was close to capturing it until Lieutenant General Hassan Al-Omari led the operation to break the siege, and went to Taiz as the Commander of a battalion, which was stationed in the area Al-Sharijah, and Al-Masrakh, in Bab-el-Mandeb.
He graduated in his field with a promotion to the rank of major, and joined the War College in its tenth class in 1969, from which he obtained a bachelor's degree in military science in 1972.
He received the Military Center course in Taiz, with a specialization in armored infantry, a diploma in public administration, and an honorary master's degree from the Higher Institute for Police Officers[4] later in Sanaa.
He left his post in the Ministry of the Interior in response to an agreement with the Yemeni Socialist Party, a partner in the government, and continued as leader of the Central Security Forces until he died.