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1994 Yemeni civil war
Southern leaders declared a short-lived, unrecognized secession that was defeated within weeks, reaffirming unification.
What happened
Amid economic and political tensions following unification, Vice President Ali Salim al-Beidh withdrew to Aden in August 1993; southern leaders declared secession as the unrecognized Democratic Republic of Yemen on 21 May 1994, triggering a civil war. Northern forces captured Aden on 7 July 1994, defeating the southern secession and reunifying the country.[1]
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Claim: Amid economic and political tensions following unification, Vice President Ali Salim al-Beidh withdrew to Aden in August 1993; southern leaders declared secession as the unrecognized Democratic Republic of Yemen on 21 May 1994, triggering a civil war. Northern forces captured Aden on 7 July 1994, defeating the southern secession and reunifying the country; many Yemeni Socialist Party leaders and other southern separatists, including al-Beidh, subsequently went into exile.
- Yemeni civil war (1994) (Wikipedia) link, Secession, war and outcome sections. Source record