North Yemen civil war
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The North Yemen civil war, also known in Yemen as the 26 September Revolution, was a civil war fought in North Yemen from 1962 to 1970 between partisans of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom and supporters of the Yemen Arab Republic. The war began with a coup d'état carried out in 1962 by revolutionary republicans led by the army under the command of Abdullah al-Sallal. He dethroned the newly crowned King and Imam Muhammad al-Badr and declared Yemen a republic under his presidency. His government abolished slavery in Yemen. The Imam escaped to the Saudi Arabian border where he rallied popular support from northern Zaydi tribes to retake power, and the conflict rapidly escalated to a full-scale civil war.
1962 — 1970
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1962 Yemeni revolution; 26 September Revolution
Saudi Arabia, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat, Hussein I of Jordan, United Arab Republic, King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Yemen Republic, Abdel Hakim Amer, Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, Abd ar-Rahman al-Iryani, Abdullah as-Sallal, Abdul Ghani Motahar, Ali Abdul Mughni, Muhammed Mahmud al-Zubayri, Sa'ka Forces, Free Officers, Ahmad Numan, Ahmad bin Yahya, Kingdom of Yemen, Muhammad al-Badr, Salah Nasr, Shams Badran, Hassan al-Amri, Hamoud al-Gayifi, Mohamed Kaid Saif Qubaty, Abdul Rahman al-Baidhani, Kingdom of Yemen, Yemen Republic,
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Location: 15.3547, 44.2067, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
15 places
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | Nordjemen | Wikidata | ||
| area | region | 1962 | Yemen Arab Republic | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 570 | Battle of Hadhramaut | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 570 | Siege of Sanaa | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1967 | Siege of Sanaa | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1967 | Siege of Saná | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2011 | Battle of Sana'a | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2015 | The battle of the presidential house in Sanaa | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2015 | Battle of Sana'a (2014) | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2015 | Battle of Nihm | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2017 | Battle of Sana'a | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, battle, Ali Abdullah Saleh, General People's Congress, Tareq Saleh, Abd al-Malik al-Houthi, Houthis | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2024 | 13 January 2024 al-Dailami Air Base missile strike | missile strike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2025 | March–April 2025 United States attacks in Yemen | United States, military operation, airstrike, Houthis | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2025 | American air strike on the neighborhood and market of the Farwa (April 2025) | war crime, airstrike, massacre | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2025 | 28 August 2025 Israeli attacks on Yemen | airstrike, assassination | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1962 | North Yemen civil war | Saudi Arabia, civil war, Anwar Sadat, Hussein I of Jordan, Gamal Abdel Nasser, United Arab Republic, King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Yemen Arab Republic, Abdel Hakim Amer, Ahmad bin Yahya, Kingdom of Yemen, Muhammad al-Badr, Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, Abd ar-Rahman al-Iryani, Abdullah as-Sallal, Ahmad Numan, Salah Nasr, Shams Badran, Hassan al-Amri, Hamoud al-Gayifi, Mohamed Kaid Saif Qubaty, Abdul Rahman al-Baidhani, Abdul Ghani Motahar, Ali Abdul Mughni, Muhammed Mahmud al-Zubayri, Sa'ka Forces, Free Officers | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Yemen Military Museum | military museum | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | British Mercenaries in North Yemen Civil War | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Royal forces in North Yemen Civil War | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pro-Republican tribes marching in Sanaa, North Yemen, during civil war (1962-1970). | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Imam Badr | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Anwar al-Kady - al-Bidany - Abdel-Hakim Amer | Commons | ||
| commons | image | North Yemeni Nasserist and Republican forces training during civil war. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | T-34-85 tank in North Yemen during civil war. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Prince Abdurahman bin Yahya | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Marching of North Yemen revolutionary republican nasserist soldiers during civil war, 1962-1970. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Abdel-Moneim Khalil - Abdel-Hakim Amer | Commons | ||









