National Liberation Front

political organization, Yemen

Also known as: NLF

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The National Liberation Front (NLF) was a political organization in Yemen that supported the overthrow of the Yemen Arab Republic and the reunification of North and South Yemen. The NLF emerged as a radical alternative movement, drawing support from indigenous elements in the south of Yemen.1

In 1967, the NLF gained the upper hand in the conflict for governance after British withdrawal, leading to the establishment of the People's Republic of South Yemen. This new government eventually aligned with the Soviet Union and became an avowedly Marxist state. The NLF's counterpart in Vietnam, also named the National Liberation Front, was formed in 1960 with the goal of overthrowing the South Vietnamese government and reunifying Vietnam.12

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…Yemen (FLOSY) and the Marxist-oriented National Liberation Front (NLF), for eventual control of the country. It was as a part of the NLF-ruled People’s Republic of Southern Yemen that Aden achieved its independence on November 30, 1967, and became the national capital in 1968 of what was known as South…
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…Yemen (FLOSY) and the Marxist-oriented National Liberation Front (NLF), for eventual control of the country. It was as a part of the NLF-ruled People’s Republic of Southern Yemen that Aden achieved its independence on November 30, 1967, and became the national capital in 1968 of what was known as South…
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Two Yemeni states
…new, radical alternative movement, the National Liberation Front (NLF), drew its support primarily from indigenous elements in the south. As the time for independence drew near, the conflict between the various groups, and especially between the NLF and FLOSY, escalated into open warfare for the right to govern after British…
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…new, radical alternative movement, the National Liberation Front (NLF), drew its support primarily from indigenous elements in the south. As the time for independence drew near, the conflict between the various groups, and especially between the NLF and FLOSY, escalated into open warfare for the right to govern after British…
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