Siege of Sanaa (1967)

Siege of Sanaa
Part of the North Yemen Civil War

Prince Mohamed bin Hussein in command of Royalist forces during the siege.
Date28 November 1967 – 7 February 1968[1]
Location
Sanaa, Yemen
15°21′N 44°12′E / 15.350°N 44.200°E / 15.350; 44.200
Result Republican victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Yemen Yemen Arab Republic Yemen Republic
Commanders and leaders
Mohamed bin Hussein Yemen Arab Republic Hassan al-Amri
Strength
8,000 soldiers
50,000 tribesmen		 Yemen Arab Republic 4,000 soldiers
Siege of Sanaa (1967) is located in Yemen
Siege of Sanaa (1967)
Siege of Sanaa (1967)
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Location within Yemen

The siege of Sanaa, also known as the Seventy Day Siege (Arabic: حصار السبعين),[2][3] took place between 28 November 1967 and 7 February 1968, during the North Yemen Civil War. The siege would become a critical battle to determine the outcome of the war and the eventual failure of the royalists to retake the city, the Republicans won a de facto tactical victory in the war, retaining the seat of power, and gradually winning international recognition as a legitimate North Yemen government.

  1. ^ Katz, Mark N. (August 18, 1997). Middle Eastern Sketches. University Press of America. ISBN 9780761807766 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Rabi, Uzi (December 17, 2014). Yemen: Revolution, Civil War and Unification. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780857737717 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ العلفي, علي محمد (1996). نصوص يمانية حصار صنعاء: 28 نوفمبر 1967- 8 فبراير 1968 (in Arabic). éditeur inconnu.