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This is a list of wars involving South Yemen.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Head of Government
Aden Emergency (1963–1967)	NLF FLOSY	United Kingdom South Arabia	Victory Independence of South Yemen	None
Al-Wadiah War (1969)	South Yemen	Saudi Arabia	Defeat Saudi Arabia reoccupies al-Wadiah	Muhammad Ali Haitham
Yemenite War of 1972 (1972)	South Yemen	North Yemen	Ceasefire Yemens pledge to unify	Ali Nasir Muhammad
Lebanese Civil War (1976–1977)	ADF  Syria  Saudi Arabia  Sudan  United Arab Emirates  Libya  South Yemen	LF	Withdrawal South Yemen withdraws from the ADF force in 1977
Ogaden War (1977–1978)	Ethiopia  Cuba  Soviet Union  South Yemen	Somalia WSLF	Victory Somali withdrawal from Ogaden
Eritrean War of Independence (1977–1990)	Ethiopia  Cuba  South Yemen	ELF EPLF	Defeat Independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia
Yemenite War of 1979 (1979)	South Yemen NDF	North Yemen	Ceasefire Yemens re-pledge ambition to unify
South Yemen Civil War (1986)	Muhammad's faction	Ismail's faction	Regime change al-Attas becomes president	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
Yemeni Civil War (1994)	South Yemen	Yemen	Defeat Reunification of Yemen

References

1. Halliday, Fred (2002). Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967-1987. Cambridge University Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780521891646.
2. Gause, Gregory, Saudi-Yemeni relations: domestic structures and foreign influence, Columbia University Press, 1990, page 98

v t e List of wars involving South Yemen
Aden Emergency (1963–1967) Al-Wadiah War (1969) Yemenite War of 1972 (1972) Lebanese Civil War (1976–1977) Ogaden War (1977–1978) Eritrean War of Independence (1977–1990) Yemenite War of 1979 (1979) South Yemen civil war (1986) Yemeni Civil War (1994)

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