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Events on Saturday 24 February 1979 1
1979Yemenite War of 1979Brief border war between North and South YemenNorth Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic) and South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) fought a short border war from late February to March 1979. Arab League mediation produced a ceasefire and renewed talk of unification between the two states. The rivalry between the two Yemens continued until they finally unified in 1990.