Organisation of Yemeni Revolutionary Resistors
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The Organization of Yemeni Revolutionary Resistors was a rebel group in North Yemen
. It was founded in 1970, with background in the republican forces that helped to defend San'a during the royalist siege 1967-1968 (see North Yemen Civil War
). The movement was engaged in guerrilla warfare 1970-1973.
On February 2, 1976, the organisation, together with the Revolutionary Democratic Party of Yemen
, the Labour Party, the Popular Vanguard and the People's Democratic Union, founded the National Democratic Front
in San'a.
On March 5, 1979 the party merged with the other founding parties of the NDF, forming the Yemeni Popular Unity Party. Four days later, the Popular Unity Party merged into the Yemeni Socialist Party
(but retaining the name 'Popular Unity Party' for activities in North Yemen). The NDF did however continue to exist as a separate structure, with other groups joining and leaving it.
North Yemen
North Yemen is a term currently used to designate the Yemen Arab Republic , its predecessor, the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen , and their predecessors that exercised sovereignty over the territory that is now the north-western part of the state of Yemen in southern Arabia.Neither state ever...
. It was founded in 1970, with background in the republican forces that helped to defend San'a during the royalist siege 1967-1968 (see North Yemen Civil War
North Yemen Civil War
The North Yemen Civil War was fought in North Yemen between royalists of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen and factions of the Yemen Arab Republic from 1962 to 1970. The war began with a coup d'état carried out by the republican leader, Abdullah as-Sallal, which dethroned the newly crowned Imam...
). The movement was engaged in guerrilla warfare 1970-1973.
On February 2, 1976, the organisation, together with the Revolutionary Democratic Party of Yemen
Revolutionary Democratic Party of Yemen
Revolutionary Democratic Party of Yemen was a political party in North Yemen, founded by a conference of the members of the Arab Nationalist Movement in North Yemen in June 1968. The conference resolved to break its organizational ties with the central structures of the ANM and form the...
, the Labour Party, the Popular Vanguard and the People's Democratic Union, founded the National Democratic Front
National Democratic Front (Yemen)
National Democratic Front was founded as an umbrella of various opposition movements in North Yemen on February 2, 1976 in San'a. The five founding organisations of NDF were the Revolutionary Democratic Party of Yemen, Organisation of Revolutionary Resistors of Yemen, the Labour Party, the Popular...
in San'a.
On March 5, 1979 the party merged with the other founding parties of the NDF, forming the Yemeni Popular Unity Party. Four days later, the Popular Unity Party merged into the Yemeni Socialist Party
Yemeni Socialist Party
The Yemeni Socialist Party is a political party in Yemen.It was the ruling party in South Yemen, the only Marxist Arab state, before unification in 1990...
(but retaining the name 'Popular Unity Party' for activities in North Yemen). The NDF did however continue to exist as a separate structure, with other groups joining and leaving it.