The 1962 Coup: Yemen's Republican Revolution

In September 1962, a handful of officers overthrew Yemen's thousand-year imamate and proclaimed a republic, triggering a civil war that drew in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom. This episode follows the coup itself: the death of Imam Ahmad, the swift takeover by Colonel Abdullah al-Sallal, and the immediate international response. We explore how Gamal Abdel Nasser's Egypt poured in troops and weapons to prop up the new republic, while Saudi Arabia backed the royalist imamate with money and arms. The war became a proxy battleground for Cold War rivalries and Arab nationalism, leaving Yemen shattered and tens of thousands dead. We also look at the siege of Sana'a in 1967, when royalist forces nearly retook the capital, and the eventual compromise that left republicans in power but Zaydi imams exiled. This is the story of how modern Yemen was born—through conspiracy, foreign intervention, and a brutal war that never really ended.

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