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Independence of South Yemen
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^{Aden, People's Republic of South Yemen}

^{December 1968
After a long period of struggle against colonialism, Britain announced its withdrawal from Aden and South Yemen after signing the Treaty of Independence with the leaders of the South Yemen Liberation Army in Aden. Indeed, hostilities stopped until the British forces and British citizens withdrew from Aden, and within a week the last British ship carrying soldiers and citizens departed to be ending an occupation that lasted 130 years.}

^{February 1969
As soon as the British forces withdrew and the South Yemen Liberation Army took control of Aden amid popular celebrations in the streets for independence, the Command Council of South Yemen Liberation Army began planning to launch a campaign to overthrow all the sultans, sheikhs, and emirates that constituted the Aden Protectorate. Over the course of a month, South Yemen Liberation Army fighters set out from city to city to annex it, and often The princes and sultans of these cities did flee for fear of the fighters of the Liberation Army. None of these cities had an army and were subject to British colonialism. A number of unlucky princes, sultans and ministers were arrested. These were brought to what was known as the Revolutionary Trial and they and a group of fugitives were accused of betraying the peoples of Yemen and cooperation with British colonialism and were sentenced to death by firing squad.}

^{May 1969
The random withdrawal of the British from power in Aden created disputes over power between comrades-in-arms, as fighting occurred between the factions of the South Yemen Liberation Army, and with the intervention of the Yemen Arab Republic through the mediation of the Yemeni Minister of Security, Brigadier Ali al-Mahdi, and the Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs Shukri al-Anani, both Qahtan al-Qarani, the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of South Yemen, and Hamdan al-Garbi, the leader of the Arab Nationalist Organization in South Yemen, An agreement was reached that stipulated stopping the fighting and launching quick presidential elections to decide the fate of southern Yemen and choose its ruler.}

^{July 1969
Indeed, the elections were held, which included several names from the leaders of the South Yemen Liberation Army factions, most notably Hamdan al-Garbi and Qahtan al-Qarani, who won the elections with 63% of the votes to become the first president of the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, and al-Qarani announced: “Start a new phase of the struggle for Building a future for our people”.}