The Siege of Sanaa: Yemen's Royalist-Republican War

In 1962, a coup toppled Yemen's thousand-year imamate, but the new republic faced an eight-year civil war. This episode follows the siege of the capital Sanaa, where the royalists—backed by Saudi Arabia—laid a prolonged blockade while republicans held out with Egyptian support. We explore the tribal alliances that shifted allegiances, the pivotal Battle of the Wadi, and the role of figures like Abdullah al-Sallal and Prince Muhammad al-Badr. The war saw bombing of Yemeni cities, a famine that killed thousands, and a peace deal that preserved the republican regime. It's a story of ideological struggle, foreign intervention, and the resilience of a society caught between tradition and revolution.

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