NDF Rebellion

NDF Rebellion
	Part of the Cold War and the Arab Cold War
	; CIA map of the NDF area of operations in May 1982
Date	1978 – 1982; (4 years)
Location	Central Yemen Arab Republic
Result	Government victory
Belligerents
National Democratic Front Revolutionary Democratic Party of Yemen; Organisation of Yemeni Revolutionary Resistors; Popular Vanguard; Labour Party; Popular Democratic Union; ; Supported by:; South Yemen; Libya;	North Yemen; Republic of China; Islamic Front; Supported by:; United States
Commanders and leaders
Yahya Shami; Sultan Ahmad Umar; Jarallah Omar; Abdul Fattah Ismail	Ali Abdullah Saleh; Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar
Strength
	United States 400 advisers; Republic of China 80 ROCAF pilots plus ground and air defense crews; 15000

The NDF Rebellion, also known as the Central Regions war, was an uprising and civil war in the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) by the National Democratic Front, under Yahya Shami, between 1978 and 1982.