September Revolution (26 Sept 1962 Jahr – 1 Dez 1970 Jahr)

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Geography: North Yemen
Warring Factions: Imams royalist forces loyal to Muhammad Al-Badr vs Republicans Nasserist forces
Duration: 26th Sept 1962 - Dec 1970 (8 years)
Weapons Supplier: Saudi Arabia backed the Royalist Imam mainly vs Egypt Backed Republicans, others that supported royalists were Iran, Jordan and Israel supported the Republicans, Britain and USA and UN became politically involved. Egypt's President Gamel Abdel Nasser supported the republicans along with the Soviet Union.
Description: Al-Sallāl’s pro-Egyptian regime was ousted in a bloodless coup in 1968 and replaced by a nominally civilian one headed by Pres. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Iryānī. Two years later, with the blessing of the two major foreign participants, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the leaders of North Yemen agreed upon the Compromise of 1970, which established a republican government in which some major positions were assigned to members of the royalist faction. Egypt was involved in yemen to an extent that was disastrous dubbing this incident as the Egypts ‘Vietnam war’. The coup in 1962 established the Yemen Arab Republic and exacerbated a prolonged civil war with Egyptian involvement and ending in an eventual Republican Consolidation.

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