The Yemeni Catastrophe: 1962 Coup and the North Yemen Civil War

In 1962, a coup in North Yemen overthrew the thousand-year-old Zaidi Imamate, sparking a brutal eight-year civil war that pitted Egyptian-backed republicans against Saudi-funded royalists. This episode follows the rise of Imam Ahmad, the assassination plot that backfired, the coup led by Colonel Abdullah al-Sallal, and the astonishing intervention of Gamal Abdel Nasser, who poured 70,000 Egyptian troops into Yemen's mountains. We explore the chemical weapons used against civilians, the siege of Sana'a, and the war's legacy for modern Yemen. Featuring figures like Imam al-Badr, who escaped the coup and rallied tribes from a cave, and the poet al-Zubayri, whose assassination reshaped republican politics. A story of Cold War proxy war, tribal loyalties, and the seeds of today's catastrophe.

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