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Line 6: \| image = [[File:Divided Yemen.svg\|250px]] \| caption = North & South Yemen \| date = ~~1978~~1 January 1979 - 31 May 1982 \| place = North Yemen \| coordinates = Line 21: \| status = \| combatants_header = \| combatant1 = {{Flag\|North Yemen}}<br> *[[File:Flag_of_Jihad.svg\|23px\|border]] [[Muslim Brotherhood#Yemen\|Islamic Front]]<br> '''Supported by:'''<br> {{flag\|Saudi Arabia}}<br> {{flagicon\|United States}} [[United States of America\|United States]] \| combatant2 = [[File:Yemeni_Socialist_Party_Flag.svg\|23px\|border]] [[National Democratic Front (Yemen)\|~~National Democratic Front~~NDF]]<br> '''Supported by:'''<br> {{Flag\|South Yemen}}<br> {{Flag\|Libya\|1977}}<br> {{Flag\|Soviet Union}} ~~\| combatant3 =~~ \| commander1 = {{Flagicon\|North Yemen}} [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]]<br> {{Flagicon\|North Yemen}} [[Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar]]<br> [[File:Flag_of_Jihad.svg\|23px\|border]] [[Muhammad al-Yadumi]] \| commander2 = [[~~Yahya Shami~~File:Yemeni_Socialist_Party_Flag.svg\|23px\|border]]~~<br~~ Yahya Shamibr>[[File:Yemeni_Socialist_Party_Flag.svg\|23px\|border]] Sultan Ahmad Umar]]<br>{{~~Flagicon image~~Flag\|~~Presidential standard of~~ South Yemen ~~1967-1990.svg~~}} [[Abdel Fattah Ismail]] \| commander3 = \| units1 = Line 51 ⟶ 50: {{Campaignbox Insurgencies in Yemen}} The '''NDF Rebellion''' was an uprising in the Yemen Arab Republic by the [[National Democratic Front (Yemen)\|National Democratic Front]], under Yahya Shami,<ref name="UCA">[http://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/middle-eastnorth-africapersian-gulf-region/north-yemen-1944-present/ 10. Kingdom of Yemen/Yemen Arab Republic/North Yemen (1918-1990) - University of Central Arkansas]</ref> between 1978 and 1982.<ref name="Yemen Dict 252"/> The rebellion began in ~~1978~~1979, following the death of [[Ahmad al-Ghashmi]] and the rise to power of [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]].<ref name="Yemen Dict 252"/> The NDF was supported in its rebellion by the PDRY<ref name="Yemen Dict 252"/> and Libya.<ref name="UCA"/> The NDF enjoyed various successes throughout the war, although it was weakened by the peace treaty between North and South Yemen following the 1979 border war.<ref name="Yemen Dict 252"/> There were several attempts at ceasefires between the government and the NDF. Kuwait managed to facilitate the signing of a ceasefire between the government and the NDF on 26 November 1981, although hostilities re-erupted in December 1981.<ref name="UCA"/> Later, the Palestinian Liberation Organization was able to mediate a ceasefire agreement on 3 April 1982, however hostilities began again later the same April, with the NDF capturing Juban. Government forces in turn attacked NDF positions in Juban in May 1982.

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