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Yemen Arab Republic: Media

former country, Yemen

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Yemen before unification (1967–90)
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Imam Muhammad al-Badr, December 1962
The last Zaydi imam, Muhammad al-Badr, among his supporters in the northern highlands,...
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Abdullah al-Sallal, first president of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen)
Military officer and Nasserist Abdullah al-Sallal nominally led the 1962 revolution...
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Ali Abdullah Saleh, 2004
The longtime ruler of the Yemen Arab Republic (1978–90) and united Yemen (1990–2012)...
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Ali Salem al-Beidh and Ali Abdullah Saleh after the unification of Yemen
The former leaders of South Yemen, Ali Salem al-Beidh (left), and North Yemen, Ali...
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