The 1962 Coup: Imam al-Badr and Yemen's Republican Revolution

In September 1962, a coup in Sana'a overthrew the newly ascended Imam Muhammad al-Badr and declared the Yemen Arab Republic. This episode traces the events of the coup itself, the key players — Colonel Abdullah al-Sallal, the Free Officers, and the role of Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser — and the immediate aftermath that plunged Yemen into a brutal eight-year civil war. We examine how the coup unfolded, the survival of al-Badr among northern tribes, and the legacy of this moment that reshaped modern Yemen. Along the way, we touch on the broader Cold War context and the Saudi-Egyptian proxy struggle that followed.

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