Intra-YSP factional war erupts in South Yemen (1986)

On 13 January 1986 a power struggle inside the ruling YSP between the factions of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail exploded into the South Yemen civil war. Thousands were killed in days of fighting in Aden; Abdul Fattah Ismail died, Ali Nasir fled north, and Ali Salem al-Beidh took over the shattered party — a self-inflicted catastrophe that hastened the South's drift toward unification.

Referenced entities

Parties

Yemeni Socialist Party

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Intra-YSP factional war erupts in South Yemen (1986) [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/82187f9d-ad03-43dc-8376-741132820f71

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Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Intra-YSP factional war erupts in South Yemen (1986)." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/82187f9d-ad03-43dc-8376-741132820f71.

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@misc{tayyar-event-82187f9d-ad03-43dc-8376-741132820f71,
  title     = {{Intra-YSP factional war erupts in South Yemen (1986)}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/82187f9d-ad03-43dc-8376-741132820f71},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 1986-01-13. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 1986-01-13. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.