Yemeni civil war (1994)
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This article is about the Yemeni civil war of 1994. For other civil wars in Yemen, see Yemeni civil war (disambiguation).
The Yemeni civil war of 1994 (Arabic: الحرب الأهلية اليمنية (1994)), also known as the 1994 Summer War (Arabic: حرب صيف 1994), was a civil war fought between the two Yemeni forces of the pro-union northern and the socialist separatist southern Yemeni states and their supporters. The war resulted in the defeat of the southern separatists and the reunification of Yemen, and the flight into exile of many leaders of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) and other separatists.
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Part of the effects of the Cold War and the Arab Cold War | |||||||
Southern separatist soldiers taking cover behind a T-55 tank | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States[3] Jordan[4]: 85 Qatar[4] Egypt[4]: 27 Libya[4]: 86 Sudan[4]: 86 Iran[4]: 87 India[4]: 87 |
Democratic Republic of Yemen Supported by: Saudi Arabia[5] Oman[6] Lebanon[4]: 27 Iraq[4]: 82 Kuwait[5] Bahrain[7] UAE[7] Cuba[4]: 86 North Korea[4]: 86 China[4]: 86 | ||||||
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Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar Abdul Majeed al-Zindani Tariq al-Fadhli[1] | Ali Mohammed Assadi | ||||||
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931 soldiers and civilians killed | 6,000 fighters and 513 civilians killed | ||||||
7,000–10,000 dead[9] |
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