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The Yemeni unification (Arabic: الوحدة اليمنية, romanized: al-waḥda l-Yamaniyya) took place on 22 May 1990, when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) was united with the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), forming the Republic of Yemen.
The Italian Empire was the first to recognize Imam Yahya as the King of Yemen in 1926. Furthermore, the Italians in 1926 and 1927 aimed at taking control of the Farasan Islands. [170] Italy had colonies of its own in the region: Eritrea and Somaliland, both of low profitability.
A declaration was made in 1972 that unification would eventually occur. However, fighting erupted between North Yemen and South Yemen in October of that year; North Yemen was supplied by Saudi Arabia and South Yemen by the USSR.
He said the unification of Yemen remains elusive, and called for two states as was the case before 1990, when South Yemen was separate from North Yemen.
South Yemen, [c] officially the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, [d] abbreviated to Democratic Yemen, [e] [f] was a state that existed from 1967 to 1990 as the only communist state in the Middle East and the Arab world. [7] It was made up of the southern and eastern governorates of the present-day Republic of Yemen, including the island ...
Heads of states of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Yemen announce form Baghdad the formation of the Arab Cooperation Council. [42] 1990: May 22: Yemeni unification. August 6: Yemen abstains from UN Security Council resolutions authorizing military action against Iraq (as a result of its invasion of Kuwait).
Unity Day of Yemen (also called National Unity Day, National Day, Republic Day) is national holiday in Yemen held on May 22. It commemorates the unification of North Yemen and South Yemen, which took place on this date in 1990.
Yemen, [a] officially the Republic of Yemen, [b] is a country in West Asia. [12] Located in southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeast, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden to the south, and the southeasten part of the Arabian sea to the east, sharing maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia across the Horn of Africa.