The Yemenite War of 1972 was a short military conflict between the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR; North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY; South Yemen).[1]
Conflict
The war, initiated by the YAR,[2] started on 26 September 1972,[2][3] the tenth anniversary of the start of the North Yemen Civil War;[2] the fighting mostly consisted of border clashes.[4] During the conflict, the YAR was supplied by Saudi Arabia and the PDRY by the USSR.[1]
Aftermath
Cairo Agreement of 1972
The fighting was short-lived; the war ended 23 days later, on 19 October,[2] by a ceasefire.[2] This was followed by the Cairo Agreement of 28 October,[2] which put forward a plan to unify the two countries in a "republican, national and democratic" state, based on "free and direct" elections.[2][1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Gause, Gregory, Saudi-Yemeni relations: domestic structures and foreign influence, Columbia University Press, 1990, page 98
- ^ a b c d e f g Couland, Jacques (1993). Genèse et étapes de l’unité yéménite (facsimile). Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée (in French). pp. 79–93. doi:10.3406/remmm.1993.1589. Retrieved 18 December 2019.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
- ^ Lagadec, Jean (April 1974). La fin du conflit yéménite (facsimile). Revue française de science politique (in French). 24. pp. 344–355. doi:10.3406/rfsp.1974.418679. Retrieved 18 December 2019.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
- ^ "Yemen profile (timeline)". BBC. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
1972 – Border clashes between two Yemens; ceasefire brokered by Arab League.