Ali Salem Al-Beidh and his role in the events of January 13, 1986, in the People's Democratic Yemen

Abstract

The episodes of January in Aden are exceptionally brutal and violent, where armed confrontations broke out between the factions of the Yemeni Socialist Party, which lasted ten days, ended with the exclusion of the President and Secretary-General of the Socialist Party Ali Nasser Mohammed. The main reason for those wars was the struggle for power and greed in sovereign positions. Ali Salem Al-Beidh, who miraculously survived that massacre with the leaders of Hadrami, played an important role in the formation of power after the massacre, as Al-Beidh were chosen to assume the presidency of the Republic and the Secretariat of the Socialist Party in 1986, by virtue of being the last remaining leaders of the party. Moscow recognized his government as a result of its fear of the intervention of Saudi Arabia and the United States hostile to Soviet influence in Aden. These events can be considered as the beginning of the collapse of state landmarks in the south, and the direction of Al-Beidh towards the option of unity with the northern part.