North-South relations are re-opened after the Aden war

A violent confrontation began during a Politburo meeting between Ali Nasir Muhammad and rival party leaders. Fighting spread through Aden as competing factions mobilized within the PDRY’s ruling...

Ali Nasir and supporters fled the capital as rival forces fought for control of state institutions, military units and neighborhoods. The conflict exposed deep divisions inside the ruling party, not a...

After the fighting, al-Beidh became the leading figure in the PDRY. A new leadership faced reconstruction, factional reconciliation and a weakened economy.

The ICRC estimated that around 60,000 people crossed into the Yemen Arab Republic after the January civil war. The movement reflected both immediate insecurity and the political rupture within the...

The ICRC and the South Yemeni Red Crescent provided water, medical and surgical care, rehabilitation for war-wounded people and tracing services until the ICRC team left Aden at the end of April.

Officials from the two Yemeni states continued work through joint committees on political coordination and future union. The negotiations followed the devastation of Aden’s 1986 conflict and...

The two leaders met as military deployments and border disputes strained relations. Talks renewed attention to the unfinished unity process and shared economic interests near the border.

The May understanding called for reduced military deployments, renewed unity discussions and freer cross-border movement using national identity cards. These steps made daily movement easier while...

The two governments reached an agreement to explore a disputed border area jointly. Shared resource development helped reduce the risk that oil discoveries would trigger another interstate...

The two governments agreed on cooperation in exploiting shared oil and mineral resources, including areas around Marib and Shabwa. The framework tied economic cooperation to broader...