Abdul Rahman al-Iryani

Royalist forces end the siege of Sana’a

📅 February 1968

After a siege lasting about seventy days, republican forces held Sana’a. The siege’s end did not end the civil war: royalist forces retained rural strongholds and the conflict continued for two more...

Royalists enter a North Yemeni reconciliation government

📅 December 1970

A postwar settlement incorporated former royalists into the Yemen Arab Republic’s political order. The compromise ended the principal phase of the civil war without resolving contestation over...

Cairo Agreement sets a ceasefire and a unity framework

📅 28 October 1972

The two governments signed an agreement calling for force withdrawals, reopening the shared border, refugee return, a ban on hostile acts and work toward a unified state. The agreement created a...