VOL. XXXI

NO. 29

25-APRIL-1988

NORTH YEMEN-SOUTH YEMEN

Tension Simmers in Yemen Border Dispute Adjacent to Oil Areas

MEES soundings indicate that mounting tension, including militarymobilization, has been evident since last October along the undemarcated borderbetween North and South Yemen adjacent to the Marib and Shabwa oil regions.However, intensive negotiations at highest political authorities in bothcountries, as well as mediation efforts by Arab intermediaries, have been ableto keep a lid on...