The Organization of Yemeni Revolutionary Resistors ( ar, منظمة المقاومين الثوريين اليمنيين) was a rebel group in

North Yemen North Yemen may refer to: * Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1962) * Yemen Arab Republic The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية اليمنية '), also known simply as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a ...

. It was founded in 1970, with background in the republican forces that helped to defend

San'a Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Govern ...

during the royalist siege 1967–1968 (see

North Yemen Civil War The North Yemen Civil War ( ar, ثورة 26 سبتمبر, Thawra 26 Sabtambar, 26 September Revolution) was fought in North Yemen from 1962 to 1970 between partisans of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom and supporters of the Yemen Arab Republic. The ...

). The movement was engaged in guerrilla warfare 1970–1973.MERIP Reports, No. 130, (Feb., 1985). On February 2, 1976, the organisation, together with the

Revolutionary Democratic Party of Yemen Revolutionary Democratic Party of Yemen ( ar, الحزب الديمقراطي الثوري اليمن) was a political party in Yemen Arab Republic, North Yemen, founded by a conference of the members of the Arab Nationalist Movement in North Ye ...

, the Labour Party, the

Popular Vanguard Popularity or social status is the quality of being well liked, admired or well known to a particular group. Popular may also refer to: In sociology * Popular culture * Popular fiction * Popular music * Popular science * Populace, the total ...

and the People's Democratic Union, founded the National Democratic Front in

. On March 5, 1979 the party merged with the other founding parties of the NDF, forming the

Yemeni Popular Unity Party Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and sha ...

. Four days later, the Popular Unity Party merged into the

Yemeni Socialist Party The Yemeni Socialist Party ( ar, الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني, ''al-Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-Yamani'', YSP) is a political party in Yemen. A successor of Yemen's National Liberation Front, it was the ruling party in South Yemen until ...

(but retaining the name 'Popular Unity Party' for activities in North Yemen).http://www.rezgar.com/debat/show.art.asp?aid=23500 The NDF did however continue to exist as a separate structure, with other groups joining and leaving it.

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