North Yemen

British  

noun

1. Official name: Yemen Republic.  a former republic in SW Arabia, on the Red Sea; now part of Yemen; declared a republic in 1962; united with South Yemen in 1990 See also Yemen South Yemen

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Example Sentences

After graduating from the military academy, he served in the country's air force for a year before South and North Yemen united in 1990.

From Barron's

Ali Abdallah Saleh, a politician in North Yemen, launched an internal coup within the officer corps there and appointed himself president for life.

From Salon

Houthis control north Yemen, capital Sanaa and the Red Sea coastline.

From BBC

In the late 1990s, the Houthi family in far north Yemen set up a religious revival movement for the Zaydi sect of Shi'ite Islam, which had once ruled Yemen but whose northern heartland had became impoverished and marginalised.

From Reuters

Riyadh is seeking to build ties with the group, which is the de facto authority in North Yemen and controls large swaths of Yemen's border with the kingdom.

From Reuters