Yemen Arab Republic

<p>The Yemen Arab Republic , commonly known as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a country that existed from 1962 until its <a href="/facts/Yemeni_unification/EFMEEPN9">unification</a> with the <a href="/facts/South_Yemen/pm282o7k">People's Democratic Republic of Yemen</a> (commonly known as South Yemen) in 1990, in the northwestern part of what is now Yemen. Its capital was at <a href="/facts/Sanaa/Y3McxvWB">Sana'a</a>. It bordered the South Yemen to the southeast, <a href="/facts/Saudi_Arabia/uyUpe1J2">Saudi Arabia</a> to the north and <a href="/facts/Red_Sea/0dKWSgEe">Red Sea</a> to the west, sharing maritime borders with <a href="/facts/Djibouti/77jY0eII">Djibouti</a> and the <a href="/facts/People%2527s_Democratic_Republic_of_Ethiopia/fb1mjvUI">People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia</a>.
</p><p>The Yemen Arab Republic was formed in 1962, when a coup in the capital <a href="/facts/Sanaa/Y3McxvWB">Sana'a</a> saw <a href="/facts/Nasserism/ebkz710q">Nasserist</a> military officers overthrow the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Yemen/3NfQnMK9">monarchy</a> and proclaim a <a href="/facts/Republic/vc8D2pA8">republic</a>. The overthrow triggered an <a href="/facts/North_Yemen_civil_war/qwGrP9xb">8-year civil war</a> that ended with the defeat of the <a href="/facts/Monarchism/w5dEEJ8o">monarchists</a> and the victory of pro-republican forces. The following years were marked by political instability, civil conflicts, frequent political <a href="/facts/Assassination/hgoazwWn">assassinations</a> and <a href="/facts/Coup_d%2527%25C3%25A9tat/eUK9HBw7">military coups</a>: the country was ruled by a <a href="/facts/Military_junta/XtbDfGNT">military junta</a> from 1962 to 1967 and again from 1974 to 1978. Relative stability began with the rise to power of <a href="/facts/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh/zmNoAG0u">Ali Abdullah Saleh</a>, who was able to successfully consolidate his position in the government. The YAR eventually managed to establish good relations with many <a href="/facts/Arab_world/F8Jouq98">Arab states</a> and the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>, for which it served as a counterweight to <a href="/facts/Communism/PkUwa9xK">communist</a> <a href="/facts/South_Yemen/pm282o7k">South Yemen</a>, but it maintained ties with the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">USSR</a>, relying on the weapons it purchased from it. On May 22, 1990, the YAR <a href="/facts/Yemeni_unification/EFMEEPN9">united</a> with the <a href="/facts/South_Yemen/pm282o7k">PDRY</a> (South Yemen) to form the current <a href="/facts/Yemen/eDyoh4qV">Republic of Yemen</a>, under the leadership of Saleh.
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