North Yemen
Britishnoun
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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 ● Jan. 8, 2026
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 ● Jul. 14, 2024
Weakened by that and the collapse of the Soviet Union, it unified with Saleh's North Yemen in 1990.
From Reuters ● Dec. 7, 2021
Sapper John Bosworth wrote to his wife Milly in Germany in 1967, while he was posted at the North Yemen civil war.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2019
Background: North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918.
From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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