North Yemen–South Yemen War (1972)

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border conflict interstate conflict war

The North Yemen–South Yemen War (1972) was a brief border conflict between the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) that highlighted Cold War regional tensions and competing visions for Yemeni unification.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
North Yemen–South Yemen War (1979) 1
Yemenite War of 1972 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border conflict ⓘ
interstate conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1972 North–South Yemen War NERFINISHED ⓘ
First Yemenite War NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent People's Democratic Republic of Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yemen Arab Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy border clashes ⓘ
brief duration ⓘ
use of conventional ground forces ⓘ
conflictBetween People's Democratic Republic of Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yemen Arab Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
diplomaticMediators Arab League NERFINISHED ⓘ
Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
diplomaticOutcome Cairo Agreement (1972) NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1972-10 ⓘ
followedBy North Yemen–South Yemen War (1979) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause border disputes between North Yemen and South Yemen ⓘ
competing projects for Yemeni unification ⓘ
ideological rivalry between republican North Yemen and Marxist South Yemen ⓘ
hasContext Arab Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
regional rivalry on the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
location Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
border region between North Yemen and South Yemen ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
precededBy North Yemen Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo People's Democratic Republic of Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yemen Arab Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yemeni unification ⓘ
result Cairo Agreement (1972) NERFINISHED ⓘ
ceasefire ⓘ
framework for future Yemeni unification ⓘ
significance contributed to later political negotiations on Yemeni unity ⓘ
exposed competing visions for Yemeni unification ⓘ
highlighted Cold War regional tensions in the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
startTime 1972-09 ⓘ
supportedBy Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen → hadMilitaryConflict → North Yemen–South Yemen War (1972) ⓘ
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen → hadMilitaryConflict → North Yemen–South Yemen War (1972) ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Yemen–South Yemen War (1979)
Yemeni Air Force → conflict → North Yemen–South Yemen War (1972) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yemenite War of 1972