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The
Yemen Arab Republic
(YAR), (in
Arabic
: ?????????? ??????? ??????? [
al-Jamh?r?yah al-`Arab?yah al-Yaman?yah
]) forby kent as
North Yemen
or
Yemen (Sana'a)
, wis a kintra frae 1962 tae 1990 in the northren pairt o wha is nou
Yemen
.
[1]
Its caipital wis at
Sana'a
.
Follaein the collapse o the
Ottoman Empire
, northren Yemen became an independent
state
as the
Mutawakkilite Kinrick o Yemen
. On 27 September 1962, revolutionaries inspired bi the
Arab naitionalist
ideology
o
United Arab Republic
(
Egyptian
) Preses
Gamal Abdul Nasser
deposed the newly-crouned Keeng
Muhammad al-Badr
, teuk control o Sana'a, an establisht the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR). This
coup d'etat
markt the beginnin o the
North Yemen Civil War
that pittit YAR troops assistit bi the Unitit Arab Republic (Egyp) while
Saudi Arabie
an
Jordan
supportit Badr's ryalist forces opposin the newly formed republic. Conflict continued periodically till 1967 when Egyptian troops wur wi'drawn. Bi 1968, follaein a final ryalist siege o Sana'a, maist o the opposin leaders reached a reconciliation; Saudi Arabie recognised the Republic in 1970.
Unlik
East
an
Wast Germany
or
North
an
Sooth Korea
, the YAR an its soothren neighbour, the Fowkdemocratic Republic o Yemen (PDRY) (kent as Sooth Yemen an aa) remained relatively friendly, tho relations wur aften strained. In 1972 it wis declared unification wad eventually occur. Housomeivver, thir plans wur put on hauld in 1979, an
war
wis anerlie preventit bi an
Arab League
intervention. The goal o unity wis reaffirmed bi the northren an soothren heids o state durin a summit meetin in
Kuwait
in Mairch 1979. Wha the PDRY govrenment failed tae tell the YAR govrenment wis that it wished tae be the dominant pouer in ony unification, an left wing
rebels
in North Yemen began tae receive extensive
fundin
an
airms
frae Sooth Yemen.
In Mey 1988, the YAR an PDRY governments came tae an unnerstandin that considerably reduced tensions includin agreement tae renew discussions concernin unification, tae establish a jynt ile exploration aurie alang thair undefined border, tae demilitarize the border, an tae allae Yemenis unrestrictit mairch passage on the basis o anerlie a naitional identification card.
- ↑
The
Unitit States
extendiy diplomatic recognition tae the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) on 19 December 1962,
The Times
, 20 December 1962.