About

The National Union for the Salvation of Yemen arises from the depths of a homeland subjected to occupation, fragmentation, and systematic plunder. It is born in occupied South Yemen as an expression of historical necessity, forged by the accumulated experience of struggle against colonialism, reaction, and imperial domination. In a moment when foreign powers seek to dismantle Yemen into zones of influence, and when mercenary fronts masquerade as representatives of the people, the Union stands as a declaration that the Yemeni nation endures—unified in its history, indivisible in its future, and irreconcilable with occupation in all its forms.

The Union affirms that the unity proclaimed on 22 May 1990 was not an accident nor a temporary political arrangement, but a progressive national milestone achieved through decades of sacrifice and struggle. It represented the convergence of two revolutionary trajectories and the overcoming of imposed colonial and reactionary divisions. That this unity was later distorted by authoritarian rule, monopolized by a corrupt ruling clique, and violently assaulted during the 1994 war does not negate its historical legitimacy or progressive character. The brutal campaign waged by Ali Abdullah Saleh against the South inflicted deep wounds and entrenched injustice, but history does not end with defeat. Wounds inflicted by oppression can heal through justice and renewed struggle, and unity—once deformed—can be rebuilt on firmer, more egalitarian foundations.

The Union rejects the cynical exploitation of these unresolved wounds by foreign occupiers and their local clients. Saudi and Emirati imperialism seek to convert legitimate grievances into instruments of fragmentation, advancing a colonial separatist project that negates sovereignty and reduces the South to a militarized dependency. The leadership of Aidarous al-Zubaidi and the so-called Southern Transitional Council represents neither the revolutionary heritage of the South nor the interests of its people. It is a mercenary structure, sustained by occupation and directed against the very unity that historically empowered Yemenis to confront colonial domination.

The Union recalls that Yemen’s liberation struggles have always advanced most decisively through unity. The October 14 Revolution of 1963 against British colonialism in the South could not have achieved its historic impact without the support and solidarity of North Yemeni republican forces, who only a year earlier had overthrown the feudal imamate and established an Arab republic. This convergence of anti-colonial and anti-feudal struggle demonstrated that Yemen’s destiny is collective, and that division serves only external domination and internal reaction.

The Union further affirms that scientific socialism once made the South a beacon of progress, dignity, and militant resistance. In the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, scientific socialism provided not merely a governing doctrine, but a comprehensive framework for social transformation, national sovereignty, and internationalist solidarity. That state stood firmly against imperialism and Zionism, aligned itself with global liberation movements, and grounded its legitimacy in the interests of workers, peasants, and the oppressed. Crucially, the PDRY understood southern independence not as an end in itself, but as a stage in a broader historical project: the pursuit of unity with the North to establish a single, indivisible, sovereign, and progressive Yemeni republic.

The National Union for the Salvation of Yemen situates itself within this historical continuum. Guided by scientific socialism, it approaches reality through material analysis rather than illusion, through organization rather than spontaneity. It seeks to educate the masses about the objective conditions of exploitation, occupation, and class domination, and to transform popular anger into conscious, disciplined national action. Liberation, unity, and social justice are inseparable tasks, and none can be achieved in isolation from the others.

The Union exists for a single, uncompromising purpose: to awaken, unify, and organize the popular masses as the decisive force in national salvation. It rejects all forms of foreign tutelage, mercenary politics, and comprador elites, and commits itself to building a broad national front rooted in the working people of Yemen. In this spirit, it extends its hand to all genuine national forces committed to sovereignty, unity, and liberation, chiefly toward the Yemeni capital Sana’a. Yemen’s future will not be decided by occupiers or their agents, but by the organized will of its people, acting with clarity, discipline, and revolutionary purpose.