The Brutal Siege of Sana'a 1967

In 1967, as Egypt withdrew from Yemen's civil war, royalist tribes backed by Saudi Arabia laid siege to republican-held Sana'a. For seventy days, the city was cut off, bombarded, and starved. This episode follows the desperate defense led by commanders like Abdullah al-Sallal and the eventual republican victory that shaped modern Yemen. We explore the siege's pivotal moments, the role of Soviet airlifts, the collapse of royalist momentum, and how this forgotten conflict set the stage for Yemen's enduring instability. Names like Qataban, Marib, and the Hamid al-Din dynasty surface as we trace the battle's legacy from the fall of the imamate to today's Houthi war.

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